Aspilanta ampelopsifoliella

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Aspilanta ampelopsifoliella
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Adult female A. ampelopsifoliella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Aspilanta
Species:
A. ampelopsifoliella
Binomial name
Aspilanta ampelopsifoliella
(Chambers, 1874)
Synonyms [1]
  • Antispila ampelopsifoliellaChambers, 1874
  • Antispila ampelopsisellaChambers, 1874
  • Antispila ampelopsiellaChambers, 1874

Aspilanta ampelopsifoliella is a species of moth in the family Heliozelidae. It is found in eastern North America. The larvae are leaf miners that feed on Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) and false Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus vitacea). [1] [2]

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Larvae and leafmines of A. ampelopsifoliella on Parthenocissus quinquefolia leaves Aspilanta ampelopsifoliella (10.3897-zookeys.957.53908) Figures 69-79.jpg
Larvae and leafmines of A. ampelopsifoliella on Parthenocissus quinquefolia leaves

Distibution

A. ampelopsifoliella can be found in Canada (Ontario) and across the eastern United States (Conneticut, Kentucky, Massachusetts, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin). [1] [2]

Description

Adult A. ampelopsifoliella have a wingspan of 5–5.3 mm (0.20–0.21 in), with each forewing measuring 2.4–2.6 mm (0.094–0.102 in) in length. [1] Externally, adult A. ampelopsifoliella are visually indistinguishable from Aspilanta oinophylla - the two species can only be differentiated by examination of the genitalia. [2]

The larvae are mostly colourless or whitish besides the green gut contents, with a black head and prothorax. [1]

The leaf mine begins with a long linear section, usually taking a sinuous path, that widens out into an elongate blotch. The frass of the larvae is brown to black, placed in a broken linear path near the start of the mine but becoming irregularly dispersed as the larvae mature. When mature and ready to pupate, the larvae cut out a 3.5–4 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long case from their host leaf, leaving an elliptic hole. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Eiseman, Charles S. (2020). "Splitting the leafmining shield-bearer moth genus Antispila Hübner (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae): North American species with reduced venation placed in Aspilanta new genus, with a review of heliozelid morphology". ZooKeys . Pensoft Publishers (957): 105–161. Bibcode:2020ZooK..957..105V. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.957.53908 . ISSN   1313-2970. PMC   7431445 . PMID   32863714.
  2. 1 2 3 van Nieukerken, Erik J.; Wagner, David; Baldessari, Mario; Mazzon, Luca; Angeli, Gino; Girolami, Vincenzo; Duso, Carlo; Doorenweerd, Camiel (2012). "Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle". ZooKeys . Pensoft Publishers (170): 29–77. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.170.2617 . ISSN   1313-2970.
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