Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
| Phyllonorycter lucidicostella | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. lucidicostella |
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| Phyllonorycter lucidicostella (Clemens, 1859)[1] | |
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The Lesser Maple Leaf Blotch Miner (Phyllonorycter lucidicostella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Canada (Ontario and Québec) and the United States (including Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, New York, Vermont and North Carolina).[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. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside the leaf. The frass is collected into a ball within the mine. The pupa is suspended in a web of silk within the mine.
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