Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella
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Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Gracillariidae |
Genus: | Phyllocnistis |
Species: | P. liquidambarisella
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Binomial name | |
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella |
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae, known from the United States (New York, Maryland, Kentucky, Georgia, Texas, Florida).[1] The hostplant for the species is Liquidambar styraciflua. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, winding, linear mine on the upperside of the leaf. It is rather indistinct, without any central line of frass.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella Chambers, 1875 at the Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera).
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