Species Phyllocnistis liriodendronella - Hodges#0849

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Moth IMG_0217 - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella

Curlicues on magnolia leaves - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella

Phyllocnistis liriodendronella, 0849 - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella

miner moth - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella

Leaf Mines on Umbrella Magnolia - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella

Liriodendron tulipifera mine - Phyllocnistis liriodendronella

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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 Phyllocnistinae

Genus Phyllocnistis

Species liriodendronella (Phyllocnistis liriodendronella - Hodges#0849)

Hodges Number

0849

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Phyllocnistis liriodendronella (Clemens, 1863)

Phyllocnistis magnoliaeella Chambers, 1880 [nomen nudum]

Phyllocnistis magnoliaella Busck, 1900 [misspelling of nomen nudem]

Phyllocnistis magnoliella Dyar, 1903 [ditto]

Phyllocnistis magnoliella Forbes, 1923 [attributed to Chambers]. Synonymy by Eiseman & Davis in (1)

Food

Larvae mine in leaves of tuliptree (Liriodendron tulipifera) and magnolias Magnolia spp.

Life Cycle

Leaf mines originate near the outer margins of the leaves and continue tortuously until large portions of the upper surfaces are detached. The damaged areas have a bluish cast.(2)

Print References

Forbes, W. T. M. (1923) The Lepidoptera of New York and neighbouring states. Part I. Primitive forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces.: 1–729

Internet References

MPG

Works Cited

1.	Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico Pohl, G. R. and S. R. Nanz (eds.). 2023. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation.

2.	Eastern Forest Insects Whiteford L. Baker. 1972. U.S. Department of Agriculture · Forest Service.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 August, 2010 - 6:21am
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Marci Hess
Last updated 28 November, 2023 - 7:28am

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