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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) » Acrocercopinae » Acrocercops » Acrocercops pnosmodiella - Hodges#0693 (Acrocercops pnosmodiella)

Species Acrocercops pnosmodiella - Hodges#0693

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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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 Acrocercopinae
Genus Acrocercops
Species pnosmodiella (Acrocercops pnosmodiella - Hodges#0693)
Hodges Number
0693
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Acrocercops pnosmodiella Busck, 1902
Gracilaria (Dialectica) pnosmodiella Busck 1902
Numbers
The genus Acrocercops includes more than nine species in America north of Mexico. (1)
Size
Wingspan is about 8 mm. (1)
Identification
Range
California to Colorado, Illinois, and Quebec. (1)
Syntype? Colorado.
Habitat
Most commonly reported in prairie regions.
Season
The adults are most common from May to August. (1)
Food
The larval host plants are Onosmodium species including Onosmodium carolinianum and Onosmodium molle. (2)
Life Cycle
Leaf miners.
Print References
Dyar, H.G., 1903. Descriptions of the larvae of some moths from Colorado. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25: 408. (3)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Microleps.org
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (4)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.HOSTS - The Hostplants and Caterpillars Database
3.Descriptions of the larvae of some moths from Colorado
Harrison G. Dyar. 1903. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 25: 369-412.
4.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 August, 2013 - 6:57pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 1:43pm

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