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Maple Leafcutter Moth in Talbot Co., Maryland (4/21/2023). (c) jared satchell, all rights reserved.
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A Maple Leafcutter Moth in Hillsboro Co., New Hampshire (5/12/2009).
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Tom Murray.
Source: Wikipedia
Maple leafcutter moth | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Incurvariidae |
Genus: | Paraclemensia |
Species: | P. acerifoliella
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Paraclemensia acerifoliella | |
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Paraclemensia acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter moth, is a moth of the family Incurvariidae.[2] It is found from south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, south to the tip of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina and possibly north-western Georgia.[3]
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[4][2] They are on wing from April to June in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on the leaves of Acer and sometimes also Fagus, Quercus, Betula and huckleberry species.
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References
[edit]- ^ mothphotographersgroup
- ^ a b c Ross, D A. "The Maple Leaf Cutter, Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch) (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae), Descriptions of Stages". The Canadian Entomologist. 90 (9). Entomological Society of Canada: 541. doi:10.4039/Ent90541-9. Retrieved 6 September 2011.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ Bug Guide
- ^ Butterflies and Moths of North America