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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) » Acrocercopinae » Leucospilapteryx

Genus Leucospilapteryx

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Leaf Blotch Miner - Hodges #0698 - Leucospilapteryx venustella St. Andrews leaf miner on Mikania scandens SA518 2016 2 - Leucospilapteryx venustella St. Andrews leaf miner on Bidens bipinnata SA1075 2017 2 - Leucospilapteryx venustella Grandale drive leaf miner on Bidens aristosa maybe D818 2017 1 - Leucospilapteryx venustella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Asteraceae D828 2017 1 - Leucospilapteryx venustella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Bidens aristosa D1083 Cremastobombycia 2018 1 - Leucospilapteryx venustella Gracillariidae, dorsal - Leucospilapteryx venustella Gracillariidae? - Leucospilapteryx venustella
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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 Acrocercopinae
Genus Leucospilapteryx
Numbers
1 species in North America listed at All-Leps
Internet References
pinned adult and live larva image plus photos of larval damage to leaves (Steve Harrison, Illinois, microleps.org)
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 13 April, 2009 - 5:52am

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