Species Phyllonorycter apparella - Aspen Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Hodges#0736

Classification · Hodges Number · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Food · Life Cycle · Internet References · Works Cited

Leaf miners from aspen leaves - Phyllonorycter apparella

Phyllonorycter ex Populus tremuloides - Phyllonorycter apparella

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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

No Taxon (Salicaceae-feeding species)

Species apparella (Aspen Leaf Blotch Miner Moth - Hodges#0736)

Hodges Number

0736

Explanation of Names

original combination Tinea apparella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855

Size

forewing length 3.6 - 4.8 mm (1)

larvae up to 6.4 mm

pupae 4.5 mm

egg 0.3 mm long x 0.19 mm wide x 0.14 mm deep

Identification

Adults - slender bronzy brown forewings partially traversed by usually five, rarely four, mostly oblique white costal bands and usually five, highly variable, white dorsal bands. Hindwing and fringe uniformly pale gray (1)

Egg - Flat, lightly cemented to host leaf (1)

Range

Widely distributed in North America, from New Mexico, Ohio, and southern Maryland, north to central Alaska and Ontario (1)

Food

In North America, Populus tremuloides is the most frequently encountered host, with P. grandidentata and P. canescens also being mined (Braun, 1908). Populus balsamifera, P. deltoides and Salix sp. serve as hosts much less frequently (1)

Life Cycle

leaf miner

Internet References

Wikipedia

Works Cited

1.	Biology and systematics of the North American Phyllonorycter leafminers on Salicaceae, with a synoptic catalog of the Palearctic Donald R. Davis & Gerfried Deschka. 2001. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 14.

Contributed by tom murray on 7 January, 2007 - 8:43pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Ron M., Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 May, 2012 - 11:23pm

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