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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 vitifoliella - Hodges#0854 (Phyllocnistis vitifoliella)

Species Phyllocnistis vitifoliella - Hodges#0854

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leaf mine overkill - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella Leaf mine on Virginia Creeper - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella Unid Leafminer WWvr1 - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella Phyllocnistis vitifoliella? - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella Phyllocnistis vitifoliella Full depth leaf mine on Vitis riparia - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella 17-Acre Wood leaf miner on Ampelopsis brevipedunculata D2696 2020 1.3 - Phyllocnistis vitifoliella Phyllocnistis vitifoliella
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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 vitifoliella (Phyllocnistis vitifoliella - Hodges#0854)
Hodges Number
0854
Explanation of Names
Author: Chambers, 1871
Food
The larvae mine the leaves of Vitis spp. Known hosts Vitis cordifolia and Vitis vulpina.
Internet References
Discover Life
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 September, 2008 - 4:35pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ron M.
Last updated 2 November, 2015 - 3:57pm

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