Phyllonorycter lucidicostella

Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Phyllonorycter
Species: P. lucidicostella
Binomial name
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
(Clemens, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis lucidicostella Clemens, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter ludicostella (Riley, 1891)

The lesser maple leaf blotch miner (Phyllonorycter lucidicostella) is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Ontario and Québec in Canada and Alabama, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Maine, Michigan, New York, Vermont and North Carolina in the United States.[2]

Larva

The wingspan is about 6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Acer species, including Acer floridanum and Acer saccharinum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a tentiform mine on the underside the leaf. The frass is collected into a ball within the mine. The pupa is suspended in a web of silk within the mine.

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