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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Trumpet Leafminer Moths (Tischerioidea) » Trumpet Leafminer Moths (Tischeriidae) » Astrotischeria » Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella - Hodges#0160 (Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella)

Species Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella - Hodges#0160

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Internet References · Works Cited
moth - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella blotch lep mine on Ambrosia trifida - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ambrosia artemesiifolia SA596 2016 1 - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ambrosia artemesiifolia SA596 2016 2 - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ambrosa artemesiifolia SA620 2016 1 - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ambrosia artemisiifolia SA1048 2017 2 - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella adult - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella lateral - Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Tischerioidea (Trumpet Leafminer Moths)
Family Tischeriidae (Trumpet Leafminer Moths)
Genus Astrotischeria
Species ambrosiaeella (Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella - Hodges#0160)
Hodges Number
0160
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Astrotischeria ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1875)
Tischeria ambrosiaeella Chambers, 1875
syn. Tischeria ambrosiella Walsingham, 1890
Identification
Range
California to Florida.
Season
The adults are most common during the main flight of July to November. (1)
Food
The larvae are leaf miners of Ambrosia trifida L. (giant ragweed). (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (1)
Microleps.org
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Works Cited
1.North American Moth Photographers Group
2.Tracks & Sign of Insects and Other Invertebrates
Charley Eiseman & Noah Charney. 2010. Stackpole Books.
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 10 September, 2013 - 10:49pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 11:36am

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