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Species Chrysaster ostensackenella - Hodges#0842

St. Andrews leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia SA185 2015 6 - Chrysaster ostensackenella

Gracillariidae - Chrysaster ostensackenella

Gracillariidae, cocoons - Chrysaster ostensackenella

Museum of Life and Science leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia D4564 2023 1 - Chrysaster ostensackenella

Museum of Life and Science leaf miner on Robinia pseudoacacia D4564 2023 2 - Chrysaster ostensackenella

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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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