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Species Paraleucoptera albella - Cottonwood Leafminer Moth - Hodges#0475

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Season · Food · 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 Yponomeutoidea (Ermine Moths and kin)
Family Lyonetiidae (Lyonet Moths)
Subfamily Cemiostominae
Genus Paraleucoptera
Species albella (Cottonwood Leafminer Moth - Hodges#0475)
Hodges Number
0475
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Paraleucoptera albella (Chambers, 1871)
Cemiostoma albella Chambers, 1871
Numbers
There are two species of the genus Paraleucoptera listed for America north of Mexico. (1), (2)
Identification
Range
Eastern North America; California to British Columbia. (3), (2)
Holotype ♂, Kentucky, USNM (National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC).
Season
The main flight period is March to September. (2)
Food
The larvae are leaf miners on Populus deltoides (cottonwood) (Salicaceae).
Print References
Chambers, V.T., 1871. A new species of Cemiostoma. The Canadian Entomologist, 3: 23.
Chambers, V.T.,1871. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 3(11): 209.
Chambers, V.T., 1878. Tineina and their food-plants. Bulletin of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territory, 4: 122.
Eiseman, C. & N. Charney, 2010. Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates. Stackpole Books. p. 353. preview. (4)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Microleps.org
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
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
3.Essig Museum of Entomology, California Moth Species List
4.Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 28 August, 2013 - 12:54pm
Last updated 30 November, 2013 - 9:45pm

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