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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) » Phyllocnistinae » Phyllocnistis » Phyllocnistis insignis - Hodges#0846 (Phyllocnistis insignis)

Species Phyllocnistis insignis - Hodges#0846

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Mine trail - Phyllocnistis insignis Unid Leafminer Dtf4 - Phyllocnistis insignis Leaf mine in Lactuca - Phyllocnistis insignis Gracillariidae on Pilewort - Phyllocnistis insignis P insignis on Jacobaea maritima - Phyllocnistis insignis P insignis on Jacobaea maritima - Phyllocnistis insignis St. Andrews leaf miner on Packera glabella SA1510 Phyllocnistis insignis 2019 1 - Phyllocnistis insignis Horseshoe farm leaf miner on Packera anonyma D4398 2023 4 - Phyllocnistis insignis
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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 Phyllocnistinae
Genus Phyllocnistis
Species insignis (Phyllocnistis insignis - Hodges#0846)
Hodges Number
0846
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllocnistis insignis Frey & Boll, 1876
Phyllocnistis erechtitisella Chambers, 1878
Phyllocnistis erechtiisella McDunnough, 1939
Range
from Florida to Michigan, and westward to Iowa
Food
They mine the leaves of composites, mostly in tribe Senecioneae. Host plants include Arnoglossum muehlenbergii, Erechtites hieracifolia, Prenanthes alba, Packera aurea, Packera glabella, Senecio aureus and others.
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1878. Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories, 4(3): 104.
Frey, H. & J. Boll, 1876. Einige Tineen aus Texas. Entomologische Zeitung, 37: 217.
Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (1)
Barcode of Life (BOLD) (2)
Species Page at Microleps.org
Species Page at Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 20 September, 2008 - 8:43am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Vox Sciurorum, JohnMaxwell22, v belov
Last updated 17 July, 2022 - 6:12am

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