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Species Phyllonorycter platani - Hodges#0751

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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