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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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miner moth - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella
Copyright © 2014 Kim Fleming

miner moth - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella
Donalds, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
November 7, 2014
Phyllocnistis, I think, and it looks much like the other Phyllocnistis liriodendronella here, but maybe it is not possible to say for sure?
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Contributed by Kim Fleming on 7 November, 2014 - 4:42pm
Last updated 3 December, 2014 - 3:38pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
It seems like placing this to species is as safe as with any of the other examples here. The only one we can be absolutely sure about is the one I reared:
… Charley Eiseman, 3 December, 2014 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

nice photo
The genus is certainly correct, and I agree that the markings are consistent with other submissions of P. liriodendronella to this site - there is a description of the species here: http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsento04socigoog#page/n19/mode/2up
… Marcia Morris, 7 November, 2014 - 8:43pm login or register to post comments

 
thanks!
Thanks! great, informative link too. There are tulip-trees in area where I saw this moth, so I think this could be P. liriodendronella.
… Kim Fleming, 8 November, 2014 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

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