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Species Macrosaccus robiniella - Hodges#0790

Micro moth. Phyllonorycter robiniella? - Macrosaccus robiniella Black Locust Leaf Miner [Macrosaccus robiniella?] ID Request - Macrosaccus robiniella Black Locust Leaf Miner ID Request - Macrosaccus robiniella Pennsylvania Moth - Macrosaccus robiniella St. Andrews leaf miner on Wisteria frutescens SA1133 2017 6 - Macrosaccus robiniella St. Andrews leaf miner on Wisteria frutescens SA1379 2018 1 - Macrosaccus robiniella Macrosaccus robiniella M. robiniella ex Robinia pseudoacacia - Macrosaccus robiniella
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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 Macrosaccus
Species robiniella (Macrosaccus robiniella - Hodges#0790)
Hodges Number
0790
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Lithocolletis robiniella Clemens 1859
Phyllonorycter robiniella
Food
It feeds on species of locust Robinia spp.
Remarks
Native to North America; it has been accidentally introduced in Europe.