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Species Psilocorsis quercicella - Oak Leaftier - Hodges#0955

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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
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
BOLD Systems; BOLD:AAB3917
Works Cited
1.Peterson Field Guides: Eastern Moths
Charles V. Covell. 1984. Houghton Mifflin Company.
Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 14 April, 2008 - 10:18pm
Additional contributions by Robert Lord Zimlich, Randy Hardy, Fyn Kynd, Blocky
Last updated 28 March, 2022 - 7:09am

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