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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 » Chrysaster » Chrysaster ostensackenella - Hodges#0842 (Chrysaster ostensackenella)

Species Chrysaster ostensackenella - Hodges#0842

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Range · Season · Food · Internet References
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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 Chrysaster
Species ostensackenella (Chrysaster ostensackenella - Hodges#0842)
Hodges Number
0842
Explanation of Names
Chrysaster ostensackenella (Fitch, 1859)
Range
e US to AZ (BG & MPG data)
Season
mostly Jun-Aug (BG & MPG data)
Food
Black Locust (Robinia pseudoacacia, Fabaceae)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - MPG
Contributed by John F. Carr on 13 April, 2010 - 10:03am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn
Last updated 18 August, 2017 - 9:20am

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