Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens)
Orig. Comb: Gracilaria venustella Clemens, 1860
Numbers
the only species in this genus in North America listed at
All-LepsIdentification
The dorsal margin is white/pale in the basal half, as seen in this reared individual:
This feature is not present in any of the reared specimens of Acrocercops astericola uploaded to BugGuide.
An undescribed species in an undescribed genus is similar to L. venusta, but in the single example available for comparison, the forewing ground color is paler and the front and middle tibiae are pure white (unmarked):
Remarks
page creation based on identification of
this image by Terry Harrison
Print References
Clemens & Stainton, H. T, 1872. The Tineina of North America, by (the late) Dr. Brackenridge Clemens. (Being a collected edition of his writings on that group of insects.) With notes by the editor, H.T. Stainton, F.R.S., Sec.Ls. p.
92,
216Internet References
pinned adult and live larva image plus photos of larval damage to leaves (Terry Harrison, Illinois, microleps.org)
live adult image by David Reed (butterfliesandmoths.org)
presence in Ontario; list (NHIC; Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources)
