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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 hagenii - Hodges#0755 (Phyllonorycter hagenii)

Species Phyllonorycter hagenii - Hodges#0755

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Phyllonorycter hagenii? - Phyllonorycter hagenii

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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 hagenii (Phyllonorycter hagenii - Hodges#0755)

Hodges Number

0755

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phyllonorycter hagenii (Frey & Boll, 1873)

Lithocolletis hageni Frey & Boll, 1873 (1)

Synonyms

Phyllonorycter hageni (Dyar, 1903)

Phyllonorycter necopinusella (Chambers, 1878)

Phyllonorycter necospinusella (Meyrick, 1912)

Phyllonorycter necospinusella Dyar, 1903

Numbers

There are more than 80 species of the genus Phyllonorycter in America north of Mexico.

Size

Wingspan 7-10 mm.

Identification

Braun (1908) revised description is available online from link in the print references.(1)

Determined by Terry Harrison.

Range

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most often reported from April to September. (2)

Food

The larval host plant is Quercus spp. including,

Quercus alba (white oak).

Quercus bicolor (Swamp white oak)

Quercus prinus (Chestnut oak)

See Also

There are many of the Phyllonorycter species without photos on Bug Guide or Moth Photographers Group.

Compare on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Braun, A.F.,1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. University of Cincinnati.

p.284; pl. 21, fig. 11.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (2)

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner Annette F. Braun. 1908. University of Cincinnati.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 9 March, 2012 - 1:03pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 11 July, 2018 - 1:13pm

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