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Species Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella - Hodges#0781

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ostrya virginiana D966 2018 1 - Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ostrya virginiana D1407 2019 4 - Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella

Phyllonorycter ostryafoliella? - Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella

P. ostryaefoliella ex Ostrya virginiana - Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella

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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 Phyllonorycter

Species ostryaefoliella (Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella - Hodges#0781)

Hodges Number

0781

Remarks

Larvae form underside tentiform mines in leaves of hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana). See microleps.org for photos of the mines.

Contributed by Abigail Parker on 25 September, 2009 - 9:04pm
Additional contributions by ceiseman
Last updated 13 October, 2009 - 6:59pm

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