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Species Macrosaccus coursetiae - Hodges#0773.1

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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 Macrosaccus

Species coursetiae (Macrosaccus coursetiae - Hodges#0773.1)

Hodges Number

0773.1

Explanation of Names

Authors: Eiseman & Davis, 2017

Range

Arizona

Food

Larvae mine leaves of Coursetia glandulosa (Fabaceae).

Print References

Eiseman, Charles S. and Donald R. Davis. 2017. A new species of Macrosaccus (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae) from Arizona, USA. Zootaxa 4358 (2): 385–392.

Internet References

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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 28 November, 2017 - 7:14pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 30 November, 2018 - 3:05am

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