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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) » Gracillariinae » Gracillaria » Lilac Leafminer - Hodges#0645 (Gracillaria syringella)

Species Gracillaria syringella - Lilac Leafminer - Hodges#0645

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Season · Food · Remarks · Internet References · Works Cited
leafminer - Gracillaria syringella Caloptilia (= ? Gracillaria) syringella 0645 - Gracillaria syringella 0645 – Gracillaria syringella? - Gracillaria syringella 0645 – Gracillaria syringella? - Gracillaria syringella Gracillaria (formally Caloptilia) syringella - Lilac Leafminer 0645 - Gracillaria syringella Another Familiar Northern MN Character - Gracillaria syringella Gracillaria syringella - Lilac Leafminer - Hodges#0645 - Gracillaria syringella - male Gracillaria syringella ? - Gracillaria syringella
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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 Gracillariinae
Genus Gracillaria
Species syringella (Lilac Leafminer - Hodges#0645)
Hodges Number
0645
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Caloptilia syringella. The placement of this species in the genus Gracillaria follows the 2005 De Prins and De Prins World Catalogue of Insects volume on Gracillariidae.
Tinea syringella Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst. 3: 328.
Caloptilia syringella (Fabricius, 1794).
Gracillaria syringella (Fabricius, 1794).
Explanation of Names
Author of species is (Fabricius, 1794).
Size
Wingspan is 10–13 mm (1)
Identification
It looks to be Caloptilia syringella. For comparison, images of this species are posted here
As you can see, the forewing color pattern is somewhat variable among different individuals, but it is also distinctive within the genus Caloptilia; that is, I don't believe there are other Caloptilia species that are similar enough to this one to be mistaken for it. … Terry Harrison, 19 June, 2008
Season
Adults fly in May and again in July depending on the location. (1)
Food
Host plants: privet (Ligustrum), Forsythia, and lilac (Syringa) (1)
Remarks
Probably introduced from Europe; it is common in Britain.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group – species page (2)
BOLD Systems - images of DNA supported specimens (3)
Wikipedia - brief description (1)
UK Moths
UK fly mines Moths
Works Cited
1.Wikipedia
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 19 June, 2008 - 2:24pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Ted Kropiewnicki, ceiseman, Robert Lord Zimlich, JoAnneRusso
Last updated 23 November, 2018 - 7:59am

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