Biology:Paraclemensia acerifoliella

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Short description: Species of moth

Maple leafcutter moth
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Paraclemensia
Species:
P. acerifoliella
Binomial name
Paraclemensia acerifoliella
(Fitch, 1854)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Ornix acerifoliella Fitch 1856
  • Micropteryx luteiceps Walker 1863
  • Paraclemensia luteiceps
  • Tinea iridella Chambers, 1873
  • Paraclemensia iridella

Paraclemensia acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter moth, is a moth of the family Incurvariidae.[2] It is found from south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, south to the tip of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina and possibly north-western Georgia.[3]

Description

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[4][2] They are on wing from April to June in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Acer and sometimes also Fagus, Quercus, Betula and huckleberry species.

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References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ross, D A. "The Maple Leaf Cutter, Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch) (Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae), Descriptions of Stages". The Canadian Entomologist (Entomological Society of Canada) 90 (9): 541. doi:10.4039/Ent90541-9. http://pubs.esc-sec.ca/doi/abs/10.4039/Ent90541-9?journalCode=ent. Retrieved 6 September 2011. 
  3. ↑ Bug Guide
  4. ↑ Butterflies and Moths of North America

Wikidata ☰ Q7133963 entry




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