Species Micrurapteryx occulta - Hodges#0654

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Food · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sweet Clover Leaf Mine ID [=Parectopa? occulta??] Request - Micrurapteryx occulta

Tall clover-like plant - digitate mines - Micrurapteryx occulta

Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Micrurapteryx occulta

0654 Micrurapteryx occulta leaf mines - Micrurapteryx occulta

0654 Micrurapteryx occulta on Baptisia - Micrurapteryx occulta

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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 Ornixolinae

Genus Micrurapteryx

Species occulta (Micrurapteryx occulta - Hodges#0654)

Hodges Number

0654

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Parectopa occulta Braun, 1922

Parectopa albicostella Braun, 1925

Food

Host plant apparently includes many genera in Fabaceae: Lupinus sp., Lathyrus japonicus, Lathyrus sp., Melilotus albus, Caragana sp. (Kirichenko, et al. 2016); Vicia caroliniana (Braun, 1922); Vicia (Braun, 1925); Pisum sativum (reared by Karl Hillig, see BugGuide image #800755)

See Also

Micrurapteryx salicifoliella has fewer white strigulae along the costal margin (Don Davis in email to C. Eiseman).

Print References

Braun, A.F. 1922. Microlepidoptera: notes and new species. The Canadian Entomologist 54. 91. (Parectopa occulta)

Braun, A.F. 1925. Microlepidoptera of Northern Utah. Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 51(3): 213. (Parectopa albicostella)

Kirichenko, Natalia, Paolo Triberti, Marko Mutanen, Emmanuelle Magnoux, Jean-François Landry, and Carlos Lopez-Vaamonde. 2016. Systematics and biology of some species of Micrurapteryx Spuler (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Holarctic Region, with re-description of M. caraganella (Hering) from Siberia. ZooKeys 579: 99-156. (full article)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

microleps.org

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 4 June, 2012 - 11:16am
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz
Last updated 11 February, 2018 - 8:26am

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