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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 » Acer-feeding species (clemensella, lucidicostella, or trinotella) (Phyllonorycter Acer-feeding species (clemensella, lucidicostella, or trinotella))

Acer-feeding species (clemensella, lucidicostella, or trinotella)

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Moth - Phyllonorycter clemensella Moth - Phyllonorycter clemensella Phyllonorycter on Acer saccharum - Phyllonorycter Apex leaf miner on Acer rubrum D408 2017 1 - Phyllonorycter trinotella St. Andrews leaf miner on Acer rubrum SA1061 2017 1 - Phyllonorycter trinotella Leaf mine - Phyllonorycter Phyllonorycter trinotella New Hope Bottomlands leaf miner on Acer floridana D4215 2022 2 - Phyllonorycter
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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
No Taxon Acer-feeding species (clemensella, lucidicostella, or trinotella)
Remarks
Phyllonorycter pernivalis (Braun) was described from Utah and is the only known western maple-feeding Phyllonorycter.
It may not be possible to distinguish the mines of these three eastern maple-feeding species.
Phyllonorycter clemensella

Phyllonorycter lucidicostella

Phyllonorycter trinotella
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 16 August, 2016 - 9:12am
Last updated 30 October, 2017 - 10:15am

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