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Lesser maple leaf blotch miner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lucidicostella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
( Clemens, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lucidicostella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter ludicostella (Riley, 1891)

Phyllonorycter lucidicostella, lesser maple leaf blotch miner, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, New York, Vermont and North Carolina in the United States. [2]

Larva

The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer floridanum and Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lesser maple leaf blotch miner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lucidicostella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
( Clemens, 1859) [1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lucidicostella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter ludicostella (Riley, 1891)

Phyllonorycter lucidicostella, lesser maple leaf blotch miner, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, New York, Vermont and North Carolina in the United States. [2]

Larva

The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer floridanum and Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References



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