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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 » Macrosaccus

Genus Macrosaccus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Range · Food · Internet References
moth - Macrosaccus morrisella Macrosaccus neomexicanus 0790.1 - Macrosaccus neomexicanus Yet Another Macrosaccus sp.? - Macrosaccus Weymouth woods leaf miner on Robinia nana D1709 adult 2019 13 - Macrosaccus robiniella Gracillariidae, leaf mines on False Indigo, upper side of leaves - Macrosaccus uhlerella Macrosaccus morrisella - Macrosaccus Macrosaccus morrisella Hodges#0773 - Macrosaccus morrisella
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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 Macrosaccus
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Three of the species were formerly placed in Phyllonorycter.
Explanation of Names
Authors: Davis and De Prins, 2011
Range
Endemic to the New World; Macrosaccus robiniella is now widely established in Europe.
Food
Larvae mine in leaves of members of the pea family (Fabaceae).
Internet References
Davis, D. R., and J. De Prins. 2011. Systematics and biology of the new genus Macrosaccus with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae). ZooKeys 98: 29-82.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 August, 2011 - 8:44pm
Last updated 1 October, 2011 - 3:23pm

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