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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 » Phyllonorycter maestingella - Hodges#0766.1 (Phyllonorycter maestingella)

Species Phyllonorycter maestingella - Hodges#0766.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Remarks · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 maestingella (Phyllonorycter maestingella - Hodges#0766.1)
Hodges Number
0766.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Tinea maestingella Müller, 1764
Phyllonorycter restrictella (Braun, 1939)
Remarks
Larvae develop in underside tentiform mines in beech leaves.
Print References
Braun, 1939: 282. (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (MPG) (2)
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.Notes and new species: Gracilariidae [sic] (Microlepidoptera)
Braun, A.F. 1939. Annals of the Entomological Society of America, 32(2): 279–287.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 23 April, 2010 - 10:53am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 22 July, 2022 - 12:46pm

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