Phyllocnistis insignis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
Species: | P. insignis
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Binomial name | |
Phyllocnistis insignis Frey & Boll, 1876[1]
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Phyllocnistis insignis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, found throughout the United States (including Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Maryland, Michigan, Kentucky, Missouri, Texas, Georgia, Florida and California).[1]
The hostplants for the species include Arnoglossum muehlenbergii, Erechtites hieracifolia, Prenanthes alba, and Packera aurea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, narrow, linear, winding mine on the upperside of the leaf.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Phyllocnistis insignis Frey & Boll, 1876 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
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