Phyllonorycter obscuricostella

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine and New York in the United States.^[2]

Phyllonorycter obscuricostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. obscuricostella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella (Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis obscuricostella Clemens, 1859 Phyllonorycter virginella (Dyar, 1903) Phyllonorycter virginiella (Chambers, 1871)

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Ostrya species, including Ostrya virginiana and Ostrya virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.