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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 hyperpersea - Hodges#0845.1 (Phyllocnistis hyperpersea)

Species Phyllocnistis hyperpersea - Hodges#0845.1

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Red Bay Leaf Miner - Phyllocnistis hyperpersea St. Andrews leaf miner on Persea palustris SA77 Phyllocnistis hyperpersea maybe 2015 1 - Phyllocnistis hyperpersea St. Andrews leaf miner on Persea palustris SA77 Phyllocnistis hyperpersea maybe 2015 2 - Phyllocnistis hyperpersea St. Andrews leaf miner on Persea palustris SA77 Phyllocnistis hyperpersea maybe 2015 3 - Phyllocnistis hyperpersea St. Andrews leaf miner on Persea palustris SA77 Phyllocnistis hyperpersea maybe 2015 4 - Phyllocnistis hyperpersea St. Andrews leaf miner on Persea palustris SA210 Phyllocnistis hyperpersea bamboo forest 2015 10 - Phyllocnistis hyperpersea St. Andrews leaf miner on Persea palustris SA210 Phyllocnistis hyperpersea bamboo forest 2015 11 - Phyllocnistis hyperpersea Phyllocnistis hyperpersea
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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 hyperpersea (Phyllocnistis hyperpersea - Hodges#0845.1)
Hodges Number
0845.1
Explanation of Names
Authors: Davis & Wagner, 2011
Food
It mines the leaves of avocado
Internet References
Wikipedia
Zookeys. Biology and systematics of the New World Phyllocnistis Zeller leafminers of the avocado genus Persea (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 11 April, 2012 - 10:14pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, Beatriz Moisset, Dave Webb
Last updated 23 February, 2024 - 1:43am

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