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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Phyllocnistinae » Phyllocnistis » Phyllocnistis vitegenella - Hodges#0853 (Phyllocnistis vitegenella)

Species Phyllocnistis vitegenella - Hodges#0853

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Phyllocnistis vitegenella Faint surface mine on grape - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Phyllocnistis vitegenella St. Andrews leaf miner on Vitis species 2 2015 2 - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis in grape - Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis vitegenella Phyllocnistis - 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)
Wikipedia
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 21 July, 2011 - 6:02pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, edanko, Dave Webb
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 1:43am

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