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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Lithocolletinae » Phyllonorycter » Phyllonorycter basistrigella - Hodges#0738 (Phyllonorycter basistrigella)

Species Phyllonorycter basistrigella - Hodges#0738

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Illinois Data Point - Phyllonorycter basistrigella Moth - Phyllonorycter basistrigella Gracillariidae, ventral (Red Oak) - Phyllonorycter basistrigella Gracillariidae, Red Oak leaf mine - Phyllonorycter basistrigella Leaf Blotch Miner - Phyllonorycter basistrigella Phyllonorycter basistrigella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Quercus alba D2968 adult 2021 5 - Phyllonorycter basistrigella Pennsylvania Moth - Phyllonorycter basistrigella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Subfamily Lithocolletinae
Genus Phyllonorycter
Species basistrigella (Phyllonorycter basistrigella - Hodges#0738)
Hodges Number
0738
Identification
Genitalia:
Food
Leaf miners on Oaks, including Red Oak.
Life Cycle
Leaf mine; larva, pupa; adult
Internet References
MPG
Microleps.org
Contributed by tom murray on 23 May, 2009 - 10:27pm
Additional contributions by marcie oconnor, Randy Hardy, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 14 October, 2023 - 10:18pm

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