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Species Phyllonorycter tiliacella - Basswood round-blotch miner moth - Hodges#0797

Phyllonorycter tiliacella Phyllonorycter tiliacella Tilia americana host - Phyllonorycter tiliacella Tilia americana host - Phyllonorycter tiliacella Pennsylvania Moth - Phyllonorycter tiliacella Gracillariidae, Basswood round-blotch miner moth, under side of leaf - Phyllonorycter tiliacella A mystery - Phyllonorycter tiliacella Pennsylvania Moth - Phyllonorycter tiliacella
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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 tiliacella (Basswood round-blotch miner moth - Hodges#0797)
Hodges Number
0797
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Phyllonorycter tiliacella (Chambers, 1871) (1)
Lithocolletis tiliacella Chambers, 1871
Size
Chambers (1871) listed a wingspan of .25" (6.35 mm.)
Identification
Print References
Braun, A.F. 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. Transactions of The American Entomological Society 34: 314. (1)
Chambers, V.T. 1871. Micro-Lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist 3: 56.