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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) » Phyllocnistinae » Phyllocnistis » Phyllocnistis liriodendronella - Hodges#0849 (Phyllocnistis liriodendronella)
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Phyllocnistis cf. liriodendronella - Hodges#0849 - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella
Copyright © 2009 John R. Maxwell

Phyllocnistis cf. liriodendronella - Hodges#0849 - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
July 15, 2009
Came to the light at night. Small but I only got this one shot.
I have been trying to make this into Proleucoptera smilaciella – 0474, just to explain these blotches???
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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 20 July, 2009 - 3:36pm
Last updated 7 June, 2012 - 4:22pm

Moved
Moved from Lyonetiidae.

From Terry Harrison...
"The moth in your photo is a Phyllocnistis, possibly P. liriodendronella. At our present state of knowledge, I don't believe that the ID on any of the white Phyllocnistis spp. is 100% reliable unless the moth is reared, and some of the entities that presently are recognized as separate spp. probably need to be synonymized.

I believe I called your moth a lyonetiid because I mistakenly was under the impression that it had actually been reared from the blotch mines on Smilax."

Placed here with the others due to this discussion...
… John R. Maxwell, 7 June, 2012 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Thanks to Terry Harrison and Bob Patterson
… John R. Maxwell, 22 July, 2009 - 11:57am login or register to post comments

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