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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) » Lithocolletinae » Cremastobombycia » Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella - Hodges#0720 (Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella)

Species Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella - Hodges#0720

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Remarks · Internet References
ragweed leaf mine - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella Blotch mine of wild Helianthus annuus - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella moth from a small Helianthus annuus mine - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella Cremastobombycia from Ambrosia trifida - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella Cremastobombycia, Sweet Coneflower, top side of leaf - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella Cremastobombycia, Sweet Coneflower, under side of leaf - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella Cremastobombycia, dorsal - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella Leaf mine - Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella
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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 Lithocolletinae
Genus Cremastobombycia
Species ambrosiaeella (Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella - Hodges#0720)
Hodges Number
0720
Explanation of Names
Author: Chambers, 1871
Remarks
Larvae form underside tentiform mines in the leaves of various members of the aster family (Ambrosia, Helianthus, Heterotera, Ridania, Verbesina).
Internet References
Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae
Moth Photographers Group
microleps.org
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 August, 2011 - 7:58am

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