Species Lyonetia latistrigella - Hodges#0470

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sandhills Gamelands leaf miner on Lyonia mariana SG25 2017 1 - Lyonetia latistrigella

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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 Lyonetiinae

Genus Lyonetia

Species latistrigella (Lyonetia latistrigella - Hodges#0470)

Hodges Number

0470

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lyonetia latistrigella Walsingham, 1882

Identification

Forbes (1923) stated "fore wing with a fascia running from middle of inner margin to three-fourths way out on costa, followed by a ferruginous patch; without the costal streak of L. speculella [ Lyonetia prunifoliella]; apical black dot preceded by white scales." (1)

Season

August, September records on Moth Photographers Group.

Food

Forbes (1923) reported Rhododendron maximum L. (great laurel). (1)

Print References

Forbes, W.T.M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighboring states. Cornell University Memoir 68. p. 152. (1)

Maier, C.T. 1995. Hosts and density of Lyonetia spp. (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae) mining the foliage of woody ericaceous and rosaceous plants. Annals of the Entomological Society of America 88(6). pp. 738-747.

Walsingham, 1882. Notes on Tineidae of North America. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 10. p. 203

Internet References

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Moth Photographers Group (3)

Works Cited

1.	The Lepidoptera of New York and Neighboring States William T.M. Forbes. 1923. Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Memoir 68.

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

3.	North American Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 8 December, 2013 - 10:26am
Last updated 10 December, 2013 - 2:14pm

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