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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ermine Moths and kin (Yponomeutoidea) » Lyonet Moths (Lyonetiidae) » Cemiostominae » Proleucoptera » Proleucoptera smilaciella - Hodges#0474 (Proleucoptera smilaciella)

Species Proleucoptera smilaciella - Hodges#0474

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Remarks · 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 Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)

Family Lyonetiidae (Lyonet Moths)

Subfamily Cemiostominae

Genus Proleucoptera

Species smilaciella (Proleucoptera smilaciella - Hodges#0474)

Hodges Number

0474

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Proleucoptera smilaciella (Busck, 1900)

Leucoptera smilaciella Busck, 1900

Numbers

The only species in the genus found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Identification

The original description as Leucoptera smilaciella Busck is available online in the print references below.

Range

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Season

Adults are most common from May to September. (MPG)

Remarks

Proleucoptera smilaciella larvae are primary host to the Chalcidoid wasps of Aprostocetus.

Print References

Busck, A. 1900. New American Tineina. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 8: 244, pl.9 fig.6.

Eastman, J.A., & A. Hansen 1992. The Book of Forest & Thicket: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern North America. p. 93.(2)

Eiseman, C., N. Charney & J. Carlson 2010. Tracks & Sign of Insects & Other Invertebrates: A Guide to North American Species. p. 351.(3)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (MPG)

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	The Book of Forest and Thicket: Trees, Shrubs, and Wildflowers of Eastern North America John Eastman, Amelia Hansen. 1992. Stackpole Books.

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

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 23 May, 2011 - 4:18pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 8:38am

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