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Species Stigmella macrocarpae - Hodges#0088

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)

Family Nepticulidae

Genus Stigmella

No Taxon (saginella group)

Species macrocarpae (Stigmella macrocarpae - Hodges#0088)

Hodges Number

0088

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Stigmella macrocarpae (Freeman, 1967)

Nepticula macrocarpae Freeman, 1967

Stigmella latifasciella (Chambers, 1878) is a junior homonym of the European Stigmella latifasciella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

* phylogenetic sequence #002500

Explanation of Names

Specific name is taken from the host plant Quercus macrocarpa.

Size

Wingspan 4 mm (Freeman, 1967).

Identification

This species has been confused with Stigmella nigriverticella in the past. According to Erik van Nieukerken, S. macrocarpae has a wider pale fascia in the middle of the wing; for example:

For comparison, this specimen has been confirmed as S. nigriverticella:

Range

Records from Indiana and southern Ontario, southeast to Maryland, south to South Carolina and Georgia. (1)

Type locality: Orillia, Ontario (12 August 1965).

Food

Larvae leaf mine in bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) (Freeman, 1967).

Print References

Chambers, 1878: 106 (latifasciella Chambers). (2)

Forbes, 1923: 94 (latifasciella Chambers). (3)

Freeman, T.N. 1967. A new species of Nepticula on bur oak in Ontario (Nepticulidae). Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 6(1): 19-21 (PDF)

Newton & Wilkinson, 1982 (4)

Wilkinson, C.W. & M.J. Scoble, 1979. The Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of Canada. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada. 111 (S107): 1-129.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

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Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	Art. III - Descriptions of new Tineina from Texas, and others from more northern localities. Vactor Tousey Chambers . 1878. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 4: 79-106.

3.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

4.	A taxonomic revision of the North American species of Stigmella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) Philip J. Newton, Christopher Wilkinson. 1982. Systematic Entomology, 7(4): 367-463.

Contributed by Steve Nanz on 12 December, 2010 - 7:03am
Additional contributions by ceiseman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 14 May, 2019 - 3:07pm

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