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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) » Ornixolinae » Parectopa » Parectopa plantaginisella - Hodges#0656 (Parectopa plantaginisella)

Species Parectopa plantaginisella - Hodges#0656

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Durham NC Sandy Creek Erigeron leaf miner 2 2015 1 - Parectopa plantaginisella Bioblitz Durham NC Leaf miner on Erigeron annuus 5 2015 2 - Parectopa plantaginisella lepidopteran mine on Erigeron sp. - Parectopa plantaginisella Unid Leafminer Dea1 - Parectopa plantaginisella St. Andrews leaf miner on Erigeron strigosus SA1527 2019 1 - Parectopa plantaginisella Leaf mine - Parectopa plantaginisella Parectopa plantaginisella Pennsylvania Moth for ID - Parectopa plantaginisella
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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 Ornixolinae
Genus Parectopa
Species plantaginisella (Parectopa plantaginisella - Hodges#0656)
Hodges Number
0656
Explanation of Names
Author: Chambers, 1872
Food
Plantago, Erigeron.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 19 November, 2010 - 3:25pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Steve Morris
Last updated 26 December, 2022 - 7:32am

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