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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) » Lithocolletinae » Phyllonorycter » Rosaceae-feeding species (Phyllonorycter Rosaceae-feeding species)

Rosaceae-feeding species

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Phyllonorycter elmaella Gracillariidae, lateral - Phyllonorycter Rosaceae-feeding Leaf Blotch Moth - Phyllonorycter moth - Phyllonorycter Rosaceae-feeding Leaf Blotch Moth - Phyllonorycter Prunus leafminer - Phyllonorycter Phyllonorycter propinquinella? - Phyllonorycter P. propinquinella ex Prunus serotina - Phyllonorycter propinquinella
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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
No Taxon Rosaceae-feeding species
Remarks
Three very similar-looking Phyllonorycter species that occur east of the Rockies develop as larvae in underside tentiform mines in the leaves of trees in the rose family (Rosaceae). They are P. crataegella (Apple Blotch Leafminer, on hawthorn and apple), P. propinquinella (Cherry Blotch Miner Moth, apparently restricted to wild cherry), and the introduced P. blancardella (Spotted Tentiform Leafminer, on apple.) Differentiating the adults requires dissection and examination of genitalia. [Based in part on comments by Terry Harrison]
The western P. elmaella and P. mespilella are also similar.
Print References
Landry, J.-F., and D. L. Wagner. 1995. "Taxonomic review of apple-feeding species of Phyllonorycter Hübner (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in North America." Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 97:603-625.
Internet References
Spread specimen and mine of P. propinquinella at microleps.org
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 13 October, 2009 - 7:22pm
Last updated 30 October, 2017 - 10:21am

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