Species Eucosmophora pithecellobiae - Hodges#0696.2

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Sanibel Island leaf miner on Pithecellobium dulce D1307 2018 1 - Eucosmophora pithecellobiae

Sanibel Island leaf miner on Pithecellobium dulce D1308 2018 2 - Eucosmophora pithecellobiae

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Pithecellobium unguis-cati D1333 2018 2 - Eucosmophora pithecellobiae

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Pithecellobium unguis-cati D1334 2018 2 - Eucosmophora pithecellobiae

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Pithecellobium unguis-cati D1334 2018 4 - Eucosmophora pithecellobiae

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Pithecellobium unguis-cati D1983 2019 5 - Eucosmophora pithecellobiae

Ding Darling leaf miner on Pithecillobium unguis-cati D3400 2021 3 - Eucosmophora pithecellobiae

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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 Acrocercopinae

Genus Eucosmophora

Species pithecellobiae (Eucosmophora pithecellobiae - Hodges#0696.2)

Hodges Number

0696.2

Explanation of Names

Authors: Davis & Wagner, 2005

Range

The type specimen is from Key Largo, Florida; also recorded from Belize.

Food

Larvae mine in leaves of Pithecellobium spp.

Remarks

The larva is a sap-feeder in the first two instars, producing a translucent, serpentine mine. The third, tissue-feeding instar produces a blotch, which often obliterates the linear portion of the mine.

Print References

Davis, D. R. & Wagner, D. L. 2005. Biology and systematics of the neotropical leafminer genus Eucosmophora (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae). - Tropical Lepidoptera 13 (2002)(1–2):1–40.

Internet References

Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 February, 2011 - 12:04pm
Last updated 21 February, 2011 - 1:48pm

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