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Genus Paraleucoptera

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leafminer - Paraleucoptera albella Blotch mine of Populus deltoides - Paraleucoptera albella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Salix nigra D763 2017 1 - Paraleucoptera albella Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Salix nigra D764 2017 2 - Paraleucoptera albella colonial mine on Populus deltoides - Paraleucoptera albella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Salix nigra D1827 Paraleucoptera albella 2019 1 - Paraleucoptera albella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Salix nigra D1827 Paraleucoptera albella 2019 2 - Paraleucoptera albella New Hope bottomlands leaf miner on Salix nigra D3739 2022 1 - Paraleucoptera albella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Lyonetiidae (Lyonet Moths)
Subfamily Cemiostominae
Genus Paraleucoptera
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paraleucoptera Heinrich, 1918
Numbers
There are two species of the genus Paraleucoptera listed for America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Paraleucoptera albella (Chambers, 1871)
Paraleucoptera heinrichi Jones, 1947
Print References
Heinrich, C., 1918. A new genus of Lepidoptera allied to Leucoptera Hubner. Proceedings of The Entomological Society of Washington. 20: 21.
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2013 - 12:53pm
Last updated 28 August, 2013 - 1:58pm

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