Paraclemensia acerifoliella

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Maple leafcutter moth
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Paraclemensia
Species:
P. acerifoliella
Binomial name
Paraclemensia acerifoliella
(Fitch, 1854) [1] [2]
Synonyms
  • Ornix acerifoliellaFitch 1856
  • Micropteryx luteicepsWalker 1863
  • Paraclemensia luteiceps
  • Tinea iridellaChambers, 1873
  • Paraclemensia iridella

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]

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Description

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.

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. 1 2 3 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 ]
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ Butterflies and Moths of North America


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