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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) » Ornixolinae » Parectopa » Locust Digitate Leafminer - Hodges#0657 (Parectopa robiniella)

Species Parectopa robiniella - Locust Digitate Leafminer - Hodges#0657

Classification · Hodges Number · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Tiny black and white moth 1 - Parectopa robiniella leaf mine - Parectopa robiniella Locust Digitate Leafminer - Parectopa robiniella St. Andrews leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia Parectopa robiniella 2015 4 - Parectopa robiniella St. Andrews leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia SA189 2015 2 - Parectopa robiniella Schneck Forest leaf miner on Desmodium SF7 2016 3 - Parectopa robiniella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Desmodium D462A 2017 1 - Parectopa robiniella St. Andrews leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia SA2324 2023 2 - Parectopa robiniella
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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 Ornixolinae
Genus Parectopa
Species robiniella (Locust Digitate Leafminer - Hodges#0657)
Hodges Number
0657
Food
This is Gracillariidae: Parectopa robiniella, which, as the name indicates, is a leaf miner on black locust (Robinia). It is a fairly common deciduous-forest denizen in the Midwest.
… Terry Harrison, 20 January, 2008
Life Cycle
Leaf mines; larva in mine; larva spinning its cocoon; pupa; adult
Remarks
Native to the Nearctic; accidentally introduced to Europe.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG)
Barcode of Life (BOLD)
Wikipedia
Mass Moths
iNaturalist
Microleps.org
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 20 January, 2008 - 8:10pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, marcie oconnor, Steve Morris
Last updated 25 March, 2024 - 5:30pm

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