Species Phyllonorycter lucetiella - Basswood Square-blotch Miner Moth - Hodges#0764

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Leaf mine in basswood - Phyllonorycter lucetiella

Gracillariidae, Basswood Square-blotch Miner - Phyllonorycter lucetiella

Tilia americana host Phyllonoryctor luceteliella? - Phyllonorycter lucetiella

Gracillariidae, Basswood Square-blotch Miner Moth, underside of leaf, back light - Phyllonorycter lucetiella

Gracillariidae, Basswood Square-blotch Miner Moth, spent pupaX, ventral - Phyllonorycter lucetiella

Basswood Square-blotch Miner Moth - Phyllonorycter lucetiella

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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 lucetiella (Basswood Square-blotch Miner Moth - Hodges#0764)

Hodges Number

0764

Explanation of Names

Author: Clemens, 1859

Food

Basswood(1)

Life Cycle

Constructs a rectangular mine between 2 veins of a basswood leaf. The newly hatched larva marks out the final boundaries of its mine as it begins eating then begins to feed from the outer edges toward the center, leaving a trail of frass along the outer edges. It pupates in the center. These larva must be a good judge of how much it will need to consume as it lays out the borders.(1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Hidden Company that Trees Keep: Life from Treetops to Root Tips James B. Nardi. 2023. Princeton University Press.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 29 April, 2010 - 1:04am
Additional contributions by Marci Hess
Last updated 23 September, 2023 - 10:24am

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