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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 » Phyllonorycter platani - Hodges#0751 (Phyllonorycter platani)

Species Phyllonorycter platani - Hodges#0751

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Phyllonorycter platani Which moth is this? - Phyllonorycter platani Which moth is this? - Phyllonorycter platani
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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
Species platani (Phyllonorycter platani - Hodges#0751)
Hodges Number
0751
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllonorycter felinelle (Heinrich, 1920) - synonymized by Deschka (1995).
Explanation of Names
Author: Staudinger, 1870
Food
Larvae are leafminers on sycamore (Platanus spp.)
Print References
Deschka, Gerfried. 1995. Schmetterlinge als Einwanderer. Stapfia 37:77-128.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 18 November, 2013 - 5:18pm
Last updated 21 March, 2014 - 8:25am

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