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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 » Phyllonorycter » Acer-feeding species (clemensella, lucidicostella, or trinotella) (Phyllonorycter Acer-feeding species (clemensella, lucidicostella, or trinotella)) » Phyllonorycter clemensella - Hodges#0744 (Phyllonorycter clemensella)
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Gracillariid - Phyllonorycter clemensella
Copyright © 2011 Charley Eiseman

Gracillariid - Phyllonorycter clemensella
Florence, Hampshire County, Massachusetts, USA
July 9, 2011
Resting on the side of a house, near a sugar maple.
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 8 December, 2011 - 9:33am
Last updated 26 April, 2012 - 12:40pm

Moved
Moved from Phyllonorycter.
Great, thanks!
… Charley Eiseman, 26 April, 2012 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

P. clemensella
This is a good match for Phyllonorycter clemensella as depicted and described in Braun's 1908 revision (viewable here). The larva does in fact feed on sugar maple.
… Terry Harrison, 26 April, 2012 - 12:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Chris Grinter, 7 April, 2012 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Excellent Shot!
... of one of the diminutive Phyllocnistis
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 December, 2011 - 8:59am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
That was my first thought, but I can't find any examples of Phyllocnistis with a big 'pom-pom' on the head like this.

Incidentally, are you sure about this one? The pattern and mouthparts are very different from the others:
… Charley Eiseman, 9 December, 2011 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

 
no sure ...
just first instinct. BOLD couldn't even match this one to any species in their database

… Robert Lord Zimlich, 9 December, 2011 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

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