Phyllonorycter aberrans is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known Ohio, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee in the United States.[2]

Phyllonorycter aberrans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. aberrans
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter aberrans (Braun, 1930) [1]

The larvae feed on Desmodium species, including Desmodium canescens and Desmodium paniculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a white blotch mine, with a loosened epidermis which is very thin and almost pure white, on the upperside of the leaf

References

External links

• Braun, Annette (March 1930). "Notes and New Species of Microlepidoptera from the Mineral Springs Region of Adams County, Ohio". Transactions of the American Entomological Society: Volume 56, Number 1. American Entomological Society. pp. 1–17.

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