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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) » Lithocolletinae » Phyllonorycter » Caprifoliaceae-feeding species (Phyllonorycter Caprifoliaceae-feeding species) » Phyllonorycter fragilella - Hodges#0753 (Phyllonorycter fragilella)
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Phyllonorycter fragilella
Copyright © 2021 Brent Guinn

Phyllonorycter fragilella
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
August 5, 2021
Size: ~3 mm
Last photo shows the illustration from Braun REVISION OF THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES
OF THE GENUS LITHOCOLLETIS http://ia311226.us.archive.org/1/items/revisionofnortha00braurich/revisionofnortha00braurich.pdf and my photo's wing put in the same position. Ken Childs on Mothing and Moth-watching Facebook page believes this is correct.

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Contributed by Brent Guinn on 13 December, 2021 - 8:16pm

fragilella
Your moth seems like a good match for the species Braun illustrated as fragilella, but I don't think she actually examined the type specimens. Here is one of them:

There are undescribed species in the Caprifoliaceae-feeding group, and Braun's "fragilella" may be one of them.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 December, 2021 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

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… Aaron Hunt, 13 December, 2021 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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