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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 » Phyllonorycter fitchella - Hodges#0752 (Phyllonorycter fitchella)

Species Phyllonorycter fitchella - Hodges#0752

Classification · Hodges Number · Identification · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Internet References
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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 Lithocolletinae
Genus Phyllonorycter
Species fitchella (Phyllonorycter fitchella - Hodges#0752)
Hodges Number
0752
Identification
Genitalia:
♀
♂
Season
Abundant throughout the spring, summer, and fall in Missouri.
March to October in California - source
Food
Quercus alba, (and other oaks?)
Life Cycle
This tiny leaf-miner feeds within the cell layers of the leaf to form a characteristic blotch.
See Also
Genus Phyllonorycter - MicroLeps.Org
Internet References
0752 – Phyllonorycter fitchella - Moth Photo Group
Contributed by Jason D. Roberts on 22 August, 2008 - 1:31pm
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Robert H. Biagi
Last updated 27 December, 2024 - 10:09am

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