Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella

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Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella
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Damage caused by Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Leucanthiza
Species:
L. amphicarpeaefoliella
Binomial name
Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella
Clemens, 1859
Synonyms
  • Leucanthiza amphicarpeifoliellaMeyrick, 1912
  • Leucanthiza saundersellaChambers, 1871

Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada, and Kentucky, Connecticut, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Illinois in the United States. [1] [2]

The wingspan is about 8 mm.

The larvae feed on Amphicarpaea bracteata . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella.

<i>Phyllonorycter apparella</i> Species of moth

Phyllonorycter apparella, the aspen leaf blotch miner moth, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is found in most of Europe. It is also present in Turkey and North America.

<i>Chrysaster ostensackenella</i> Species of moth

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<i>Macrosaccus morrisella</i> Species of moth

Macrosaccus morrisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. In North America it is known from Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, south and west to Texas and Colorado.

<i>Phyllonorycter alnicolella</i> Species of moth

Phyllonorycter alnicolella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known California and Maine in the United States and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.

Cameraria affinis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec, Canada, and the United States.

<i>Cameraria caryaefoliella</i> Species of moth

Cameraria caryaefoliella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and the United States.

<i>Cameraria macrocarpella</i> Species of moth

Cameraria macrocarpella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and New Jersey, Texas, Maine, Maryland, New York, Illinois and Vermont in the United States.

<i>Cameraria quercivorella</i> Species of moth

Cameraria quercivorella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario, Quebec, and Nova Scotia in Canada and Kentucky, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, New York, Texas, Vermont and Illinois in the United States.

<i>Cameraria betulivora</i> Species of moth

Cameraria betulivora is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada and the United States.

<i>Cameraria bethunella</i> Species of moth

Cameraria bethunella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and Illinois, Kentucky, Connecticut, Maine, New York and Texas in the United States.

Cameraria lobatiella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia in Canada, and California in the United States.

Cameraria pentekes is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from British Columbia in Canada, and California and Washington in the United States.

<i>Leucanthiza dircella</i> Species of moth

Leucanthiza dircella is a species of moth in the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada, and the United States.

Leucanthiza forbesi is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Argentina.

Parornix preciosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Québec, Canada, and Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Vermont in the United States.

Caloptilia fraxinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada and the United States.

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Gracillariinae are a subfamily of moths which was described by Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854.

References

  1. ↑ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  2. ↑ Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN   978-954-642-909-4. OL   32898597M. Wikidata   Q97158808.


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