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Species Phyllonorycter mariaeella - Hodges#0769

Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Phyllonorycter mariaeella

Unknown Moth - Phyllonorycter mariaeella

Phyllonorycter ex Lonicera sempervirens - Phyllonorycter mariaeella

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Lonicera japonica D709 Phyllonorycter 2017 3 - Phyllonorycter mariaeella

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Lonicera japonica D709 Phyllonorycter 2017 4 - Phyllonorycter mariaeella

banded micro - Phyllonorycter mariaeella

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Lonicera sempervirens D1203 2018 3 - Phyllonorycter mariaeella

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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 (Caprifoliaceae-feeding species)

Species mariaeella (Phyllonorycter mariaeella - Hodges#0769)

Hodges Number

0769

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lithocolletis mariaeella Chambers, 1875

Lithocolletis affinis Frey & Boll, 1876

Cameraria affinis - Davis, 1983

Phyllonorycter affinis - Maier & Davis, 1989

Explanation of Names

Author: Chambers, 1875

Food

Caprifoliaceae

Print References

Maier, Chris T. and Donald R. Davis. 1989. Southern New England host and distributional records of lithocolletine Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera), with comparison of host specificity in temperate regions. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America 70:1-23.

Eiseman, Charles S. and Donald R. Davis. 2020. Wrong side of the leaf: assigning some Lithocolletinae species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) to their proper genera. Zootaxa 4751(2): 201–237.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by tom murray on 4 August, 2011 - 9:44pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 18 March, 2020 - 5:21pm

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