Lesser Maple Leaf Blotch Miner Moth
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella (Clemens, 1859)
Lesser Maple Leaf Blotch Miner Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/17723
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Hodges #0765 
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8 Records

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Relationships

Host plants include White Oak (Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants).

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Lesser maple leaf blotch miner
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species:
P. lucidicostella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lucidicostella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter ludicostella (Riley, 1891)

Phyllonorycter lucidicostella, lesser maple leaf blotch miner, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, New York, Vermont and North Carolina in the United States.[2]

Larva

The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer floridanum and Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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