| Lesser maple leaf blotch miner | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Phyllonorycter |
| Species: | P. lucidicostella |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllonorycter lucidicostella (Clemens, 1859) | |
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Phyllonorycter lucidicostella, lesser maple leaf blotch miner, is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. 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.
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.
References
- Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
- Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
External links
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| Phyllonorycter lucidicostella | |
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