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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 » Salicaceae-feeding species (Phyllonorycter Salicaceae-feeding species) » Phyllonorycter deserticola - Hodges#0748.1  (Phyllonorycter deserticola)

Species Phyllonorycter deserticola - Hodges#0748.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · 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 Lithocolletinae
Genus Phyllonorycter
No Taxon (Salicaceae-feeding species)
Species deserticola (Phyllonorycter deserticola - Hodges#0748.1 )
Hodges Number
0748.1
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllonorycter deserticola Davis & Deschka, 2001 (1)
Explanation of Names
Davis & Deschka (2001) stated " The specific name is derived from the Latin desertum (a waste place) and cola (dwelling in), in reference to the general habitat of this species." (1)
Numbers
There are more than sixty species of the genus Phyllonorycter in America north of Mexico. (2)
Size
Davis & Deschka (2001) reported the forewing length as 2.8-3.5 mm. (1)
Identification
Davis & Deschka (2001) description of the adults, including the genitalia, and the immature stages is available in PDF. (1)
Genitalia dissection is usually needed to confirm species in this family. (3)
Range
California and Utah to Colorado and western Texas; Mexico. (4), (1)
Season
Davis & Deschka (2001) reported the flight period as late July to early October. (1)
Food
Davis & Deschka (2001) reported the larvae are leaf miners of the following. (1)
Populus fremontii S. Wats.
P. deltoides wislizenni S. Wats.
P. x parryi (P. fremontii x trichocarpa)
Populus sp.
Life Cycle
Davis & Deschka (2001) provides a detailed description of the life cycle. (1)
Remarks
Davis & Deschka (2001) listed the following wasps that are known to parasitize the larvae of Phyllonorycter deserticola. (1)
Pediobius.
Pnigalio flavipes Ashm.
Sympiesis marylandensis Girault
Sympiesis sp.
Print References
Davis & Deschka, 2001. Biology and systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter leafminers on Salicaceae, with a synoptic catalog of the Palearctic. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 14: 29; figs. 20, 20, 137-160, 242-244, 429, 430; map 3, (1)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, pl. 3, fig. 31; p. 56. (3)
Internet References
University of California, Berkeley
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Biology and systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter leafminers on Salicaceae, with a synoptic catalog of the Palearctic
Donald R. Davis & Gerfried Deschka. 2001. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 14.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
4.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 25 August, 2013 - 3:58pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 12:00pm

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