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Species Phyllocnistis vitegenella - Hodges#0853

leaf mine on Ampelopsis  - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Wild Grape Leafminer ID [Phyllocnistis? vitegenella??] Request - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis vitegenella leaf mine - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis in grape - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis vitifoliella? - Phyllocnistis vitegenella
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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 Phyllocnistinae
Genus Phyllocnistis
Species vitegenella (Phyllocnistis vitegenella - Hodges#0853)
Hodges Number
0853
Other Common Names
American Grape Leaf Miner
Explanation of Names
Author: Clemens, 1859
Identification
See comment by C. Eiseman here.
Food
They mine leaves. Host plants: native species of Vitis. They have become a pest of introduced Vitis vinifera
Remarks
It has become a pest of cultivated grapes, Vitis vinifera. It has been accidentally introduced from this country to other countries that grow grapes.
Internet References
Fed. Dept. of Economic Affairs. Harmfulness of the American grape leaf miner Phyllocnistis vitegenella on the grapevine 'Merlot' (Vitis vinifera)