Cremastobombycia verbesinella
| Cremastobombycia verbesinella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cremastobombycia |
| Species: | C. verbesinella |
| Binomial name | |
| Cremastobombycia verbesinella (Busck, 1900)[1] | |
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Cremastobombycia verbesinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Florida, United States.[2]
The wingspan is about 6.4 mm.
The larvae feed on Verbesina virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a roomy tent-shaped mine on the underside of the leaf. The lower epidermis is much wrinkled longitudinally. Pupation takes place in an elongate white cocoon suspended at both ends like a hammock inside the mine.
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