Huckleberry Leafminer
Phyllonorycter diversella (Braun, 1916)
Huckleberry Leafminer: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/22823
Synonyms
Hodges #0750  Lithocolletis diversella 
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Phyllonorycter diversella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. diversella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter diversella
(Braun, 1916)

Phyllonorycter diversella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Nova Scotia in Canada and Connecticut, Ohio, Kentucky, Maine and Vermont in the United States.[1]

The larvae feed on Gaylussacia species (including Gaylussacia baccata and Gaylussacia frondosa), Oxydendrum species (including Oxydendrum arboreum) and Vaccinium species (including Vaccinium corymbosum). They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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