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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 ignota - Hodges#0722 (Cremastobombycia ignota)

Species Cremastobombycia ignota - Hodges#0722

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Suspended cocoon in tentiform mine on wingstem - Cremastobombycia ignota

Gracillariidae on Wingstem, upper side of leaf - Cremastobombycia ignota

Gracillariidae on Wingstem, pupa - Cremastobombycia ignota

Cricket Creek Tar river floodplain leaf miner on Verbesina occidentalis D3076 pupa 2021 1 - Cremastobombycia ignota

Cricket Creek Tar river floodplain leaf miner on Verbesina occidentalis D3076 adult 2021 1 - Cremastobombycia ignota

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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 ignota (Cremastobombycia ignota - Hodges#0722)

Hodges Number

0722

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Cremastobombycia ignota (Frey & Boll, 1873)

Lithocolletis ignota Frey & Boll, 1873 (1)

Size

Wingspan is 6.5-7.5 mm. (1)

Identification

Revised description by Braun as Lithocolletis ignota Frey & Boll, is in PDF. (1)

Range

Scattered records in the eastern United States from Texas to Maine. (2)

Moth Photographers Group - large map with some distribution data.

Habitat

Larvae are leaf miners and are found on the underside of the leaf.

Season

Collection records of adults are mostly from February to August. (2)

Food

Larval hosts include:

Daisy, Elephantopus

Sunflowers, Helianthus

Frostweed, Verbesina virginica

See Also

Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella

Compare to others on the pinned plates of Moth Photographers Group.

Print References

Braun, A. 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 34: 353. (1)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

microleps.org

Works Cited

1.	Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner Annette F. Braun. 1908. University of Cincinnati.

2.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 13 August, 2011 - 12:52pm
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 1:14am

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