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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Lithocolletinae

Subfamily Lithocolletinae

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moth - Phyllonorycter Ulmus rubra lower tent mine - Phyllonorycter underside tent mine of Symphoricarpos orbiculatus - Phyllonorycter St. Andrews leaf miner on Desmodium paniculatum SA1050 2017 1 - Anarsioses aberrans St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus margaretta SA1201 2017 6 - Phyllonorycter fitchella moth - Cremastobombycia solidaginis Moth ID request. Cameraria quercivorella, another species or something else? Arizona Moth for ID
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gracillarioidea (Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Family Gracillariidae (Leaf Blotch Miner Moths)
Subfamily Lithocolletinae
Remarks
In similar white-banded species of Cameraria and Phyllonorycter, black edging on the basal side of the white bands indicates Phyllonorycter; black edging on the distal margin indicates Cameraria (see Terry Harrison's comment here.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 15 May, 2012 - 3:34pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Sexton, Randy Hardy
Last updated 15 July, 2021 - 11:50pm

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