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Species Psilocorsis quercicella - Oak Leaftier - Hodges#0955

Black-fringed Psilocorsis Moth - Hodges #0956 - Psilocorsis quercicella Oak Leaftier - Psilocorsis quercicella Amphisbatidae - Psilocorsis quercicella Psilocorsis quercicella Psilocorsis quercicella Psilocorsis quercicella Psilocorsis quercicella  - Psilocorsis quercicella Oak Leaftier - Psilocorsis quercicella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Depressariidae
No Taxon (Incertae sedis)
Genus Psilocorsis
Species quercicella (Oak Leaftier - Hodges#0955)
Hodges Number
0955
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Psilocorsis quercicella Clemens, 1860
* phylogenetic sequence #027475
Size
Wingspan 12-15 mm. (1)
Range
Moth Photographers Group – distribution & flight-period chart
Food
The larva ties oak leaves with silk creating a shelter from with it skeletonizes the leaf surface. Covell (1984) also lists beech and chestnut. (1)
Print References
Clemens, B., 1860. Contributions to American lepidopterology - no.4. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1860: 212
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.