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Phyllonorycter platani - Hodges#0751 (Phyllonorycter platani)
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Copyright © 2014
Cynthia Bingham Keiser
Which moth is this? -
Phyllonorycter platani
Escondido, San Diego County, California, USA
March 20, 2014
Sorry for the pics. On Sycamore drinking unknown liquid on leaf. Frass as needed.
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Contributed by
Cynthia Bingham Keiser
on 20 March, 2014 - 9:55pm
Last updated 21 March, 2014 - 8:17am
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Yes, the two were synonymized by Deschka (see guide page). I have a bunch of reared specimens from California and I'll be sending one to the Netherlands in the near future to see how the DNA compares with European specimens.
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Charley Eiseman
, 21 March, 2014 - 8:17am
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Thanks
Thanks, Charley and Maury, for bringing my ID nomenclaturally up to date. Charley, it's good that you will be sending a California specimen to Europe, toward an end of our getting this figured out.
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Terry Harrison
, 21 March, 2014 - 9:00pm
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Phyllonorycter
This is definitely a species of
Phyllonorycter
(Gracillariidae); it looks to be a pretty good match for
P. felinelle
, as seen
here
.
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Terry Harrison
, 20 March, 2014 - 10:31pm
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Phyllonorycter platani
Is
P. felinelle
considered a synonym of
P. platani
. I have no notes handy.
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Maury J. Heiman
, 20 March, 2014 - 11:01pm
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That's it!
Thank you :)
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Cynthia Bingham Keiser
, 20 March, 2014 - 11:03pm
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