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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Glaucolepis » Glaucolepis saccharella - Hodges#0059 (Glaucolepis saccharella)

Species Glaucolepis saccharella - Hodges#0059

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · 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 Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)

Family Nepticulidae

Genus Glaucolepis

Species saccharella (Glaucolepis saccharella - Hodges#0059)

Hodges Number

0059

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Nepticula saccharella Braun, 1912 (1)

Trifurcula saccharella (Braun, 1912)

Phylogenetic sequence #160061

Explanation of Names

Specific epithet from the host plant species (Acer saccharum). (1)

Size

Wingspan 4 mm. (1)

Identification

Adult - Basal fourth shining metallic blue, remainder ground color black with large silvery white fascia that broads at the dorsum. (1)

Leaf mine - very long serpentine on underside of leaf. (1), (2)

Range

Records from Ontario to Maine, south the Tennessee and North Carolina. (3)

Food

Larvae are leaf miners of sugar maple (Acer saccharum). (1)

Life Cycle

See Braun (1912) in Print References. (1)

Print References

Braun, A.F. 1912. Notes on the North American species of Nepticula, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera). The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(3): 97. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Annette Frances Braun (Wikipedia)

Works Cited

1.	Notes on the North American species of Nepticula, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera). Annette F. Braun. 1912. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(3): 84-101.

2.	Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 10 January, 2011 - 6:24pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 November, 2017 - 5:24pm

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