Phyllonorycter fitchella Clemens, 1860

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<em>Phyllonorycter fitchella</em> in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/14/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (<a rel='license' href='http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/'>CC BY-NC</a>). (Photo ID: 433275 - Psn: 55)

Phyllonorycter fitchella in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/14/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).

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<em>Phyllonorycter fitchella</em> in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/24/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1240154 - Psn: 66)

Phyllonorycter fitchella in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/24/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.

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<em>Phyllonorycter fitchella</em> in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/24/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. (Photo ID: 1240155 - Psn: 78)

Phyllonorycter fitchella in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/24/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.

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A <em>Phyllonorycter fitchella</em> in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/13/2007). (Photo ID: 59909 - Psn: 90)

A Phyllonorycter fitchella in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/13/2007).

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Host plants include White Oak (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

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Phyllonorycter fitchella in Caroline Co., Maryland (8/14/2021). (c) Jim Brighton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). View Record Details Media by Jim Brighton.

Phyllonorycter fitchella in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/24/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. View Record Details Media by Timothy Reichard.

Phyllonorycter fitchella in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (4/24/2025). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved. View Record Details Media by Timothy Reichard.

A Phyllonorycter fitchella in Prince George's Co., Maryland (7/13/2007). View Record Details Media by Bob Patterson.

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Phyllonorycter fitchella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Phyllonorycter
Species:	P. fitchella
Binomial name
*Phyllonorycter fitchella* (Clemens, 1860)^[1]
Synonyms
Lithocolletis fitchella Clemens, 1860 Phyllonorycter quercetorum (Frey & Boll, 1873) Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Fitch, 1859) Phyllonorycter quercitorum (Chambers, 1877)

Phyllonorycter fitchella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec in Canada and Connecticut, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Texas, Illinois, New York, California, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Vermont, Colorado and Missouri in the United States.^[2]

The wingspan is 7.5–8 mm. Adults are on wing from March to October in California.

The larvae feed on Quercus species, including Quercus alba, Quercus bicolor, Quercus castanea, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus macrocarpa, Quercus prinoides, Quercus prinus and Quercus stellata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Taxon identifiers
Phyllonorycter fitchella	Wikidata: Q7188998 BAMONA: Phyllonorycter-fitchella BioLib: 949973 BOLD: 343297 BugGuide: 216792 CoL: 77FTV EoL: 306121 GBIF: 1749760 iNaturalist: 227945 IRMNG: 11191243 LepIndex: 127294 MONA: 0752 NatureServe: 2.745747 NCBI: 2680839 Open Tree of Life: 3037287

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