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Species Phyllonorycter trinotella - Hodges#0799

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Pelham road leaf miner on Acer rubrum D392 2017 3 - Phyllonorycter trinotella Apex leaf miner on Acer rubrum D408 2017 1 - Phyllonorycter trinotella West Point on the Eno leaf miner on Acer floridana D675A 2017 1 - Phyllonorycter trinotella West Point on the Eno leaf miner on Acer floridana D675A 2017 2 - Phyllonorycter trinotella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Acer floridanum D1486 2019 1 - Phyllonorycter trinotella Phyllonorycter trinotella Phyllonorycter trinotella Phyllonorycter trinotella
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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))
Species trinotella (Phyllonorycter trinotella - Hodges#0799)

Hodges Number

0799

Explanation of Names

Author: Braun, 1908

Food

Larvae mine maple leaves.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 5 June, 2017 - 9:03am

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