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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) » Gracillariinae » Gracillaria

Genus Gracillaria

Classification · Size · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Works Cited
Unknown Moth - Gracillaria syringella Lilac Leafminer - Gracillaria syringella Caloptilia (= ? Gracillaria) syringella 0645 - Gracillaria syringella 0645 – Gracillaria syringella? - Gracillaria syringella Lilac leafminer mine and larva - Gracillaria syringella Lilac leafminer mine and larva - Gracillaria syringella Lilac Leafminer reared to adults - Gracillaria syringella Gracillaria syringella - Lilac Leafminer - Hodges#0645 - Gracillaria syringella - male
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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 Gracillariinae
Genus Gracillaria
Size
Wingspread 10mm(1)
Full-grown larvae 8mm(1)
Range
northeastern USA and southeastern Canada(1)
Food
lilac, black ash, privet, and euonymous.(1)
Life Cycle
Early instar larvae are gregarious inside the leaves and produce blotch-like mines. Later they abandon the mines and roll or web several leaves together which they feed on from within this shelter.(1)
Two generations per year.(1)
Remarks
And introduced species.(1)
Raking and destroying of fallen leaves is a good control practice.(1)
Works Cited
1.Eastern Forest Insects
Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 June, 2011 - 5:38pm
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 3 September, 2023 - 2:34pm

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