Gracillariidae

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Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Gracillariidae
Chrysaster ostensackenella (Fitch, 1859)

Chrysaster ostensackenella (Fitch, 1859)

Chrysaster ostensackenella (Fitch, 1859)

Chrysaster ostensackenella is a 5-mm wingspan gracillariid moth whose larvae mine leaves of Robinia species.

Macrosaccus morrisella (Fitch, 1859)

Macrosaccus morrisella (Fitch, 1859)

Macrosaccus morrisella (Fitch, 1859)

Macrosaccus morrisella (hog peanut moth) is a North American Gracillariidae moth whose leaf-mining larvae feed on specific legumes.

Macrosaccus robiniella (Clemens, 1859)

Macrosaccus robiniella (Clemens, 1859)

Macrosaccus robiniella (Clemens, 1859)

Macrosaccus robiniella is a moth species native to North America, introduced to Europe starting in 1983.

Acrocercops astericola (Frey & Boll, 1873)

Acrocercops astericola (Frey & Boll, 1873)

Acrocercops astericola (Frey & Boll, 1873)

Acrocercops astericola is a species of Gracillariidae moth found in parts of Canada and the United States.

Acrocercops laciniella (Meyrick, 1880)

Acrocercops laciniella (Meyrick, 1880)

Acrocercops laciniella (Meyrick, 1880)

Acrocercops laciniella, the blackbutt leafminer, is a Gracillariidae moth found across Australia, India, and established in New Zealand.

Acrocercops albinatella (Chambers, 1872)

Acrocercops albinatella (Chambers, 1872)

Acrocercops albinatella (Chambers, 1872)

Acrocercops albinatella is a Gracillariidae moth found in North America that mines the leaves of oak host plants.

Acrocercops brongniardella (Fabricius, 1798)

Acrocercops brongniardella (Fabricius, 1798)

Acrocercops brongniardella (Fabricius, 1798)

The leaf blotch miner moth Acrocercops brongniardella is a gracillariid moth found in Europe including Turkey with an 8–10 mm wingspan.

Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860)

Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860)

Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860)

Leucospilapteryx venustella is a 6 mm wingspan gracillariid moth found in North America, whose larvae mine host plant leaves.

Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850)

Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850)

Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850)

Dialectica scalariella, the echium leaf miner, is a Gracillariidae moth used for weed biological control.

Gibbovalva quadrifasciata (Stainton, 1862)

Gibbovalva quadrifasciata (Stainton, 1862)

Gibbovalva quadrifasciata (Stainton, 1862)

Gibbovalva quadrifasciata is a leaf-mining gracillariid moth found across Asia and Australia, with larvae that feed on a range of Lauraceae host plants.

Chilocampyla dyariella Busck, 1900

Chilocampyla dyariella Busck, 1900

Chilocampyla dyariella Busck, 1900

Chilocampyla dyariella is a Gracillariidae moth from Florida whose larvae mine leaves of various Eugenia species.

Marmara fasciella (Chambers, 1875)

Marmara fasciella (Chambers, 1875)

Marmara fasciella (Chambers, 1875)

Marmara fasciella, the white pine barkminer moth, is a Gracillariidae moth found in eastern North America.

Marmara arbutiella Busck, 1904

Marmara arbutiella Busck, 1904

Marmara arbutiella Busck, 1904

Marmara arbutiella is a gracillariid moth found in western North America whose larvae mine host plant leaves.

Marmara fraxinicola Braun, 1922

Marmara fraxinicola Braun, 1922

Marmara fraxinicola Braun, 1922

Marmara fraxinicola is a gracillariid moth found in eastern North America whose larvae mine ash stems.

Marmara salictella Clemens, 1863

Marmara salictella Clemens, 1863

Marmara salictella Clemens, 1863

Marmara salictella is a Gracillariidae moth found in Canada and the U.S., whose larvae feed on Salix plant species.

Marmara opuntiella Busck, 1907

Marmara opuntiella Busck, 1907

Marmara opuntiella Busck, 1907

Marmara opuntiella is a gracillariid moth found from the southern US to Mexico, whose larvae mine cactus leaves.

Marmara serotinella Busck, 1915

Marmara serotinella Busck, 1915

Marmara serotinella Busck, 1915

Marmara serotinella is a gracillariid moth from eastern US whose larvae are leaf miners on black cherry.

Marmara smilacisella (Chambers, 1875)

Marmara smilacisella (Chambers, 1875)

Marmara smilacisella (Chambers, 1875)

Marmara smilacisella is a gracillariid moth found in the US whose larvae feed on three Smilax plant species.

Marmara oregonensis Fitzgerald, 1975

Marmara oregonensis Fitzgerald, 1975

Marmara oregonensis Fitzgerald, 1975

Marmara oregonensis is a gracillariid moth found in western North America whose larvae mine stems of two conifer species.

Corythoxestis zorionella (Hudson, 1918)

Corythoxestis zorionella (Hudson, 1918)

Corythoxestis zorionella (Hudson, 1918)

Corythoxestis zorionella (karamu leafminer) is a Gracillariidae moth endemic to New Zealand whose larvae mine Coprosma leaves.

Neurobathra strigifinitella (Clemens, 1860)

Neurobathra strigifinitella (Clemens, 1860)

Neurobathra strigifinitella (Clemens, 1860)

Neurobathra strigifinitella is a gracillariid moth found in eastern North America whose larvae mine the leaves of host trees.

Micrurapteryx salicifoliella (Chambers, 1872)

Micrurapteryx salicifoliella (Chambers, 1872)

Micrurapteryx salicifoliella (Chambers, 1872)

Micrurapteryx salicifoliella is a Gracillariidae moth found in North America whose larvae mine the leaves of willow and poplar hosts.

Micrurapteryx occulta Braun, 1922

Micrurapteryx occulta Braun, 1922

Micrurapteryx occulta Braun, 1922

Micrurapteryx occulta is a leaf-mining Gracillariidae moth found across northern North America.

Parectopa robiniella Clemens, 1863

Parectopa robiniella Clemens, 1863

Parectopa robiniella Clemens, 1863

Parectopa robiniella, the locust digitate leafminer, is a North American gracillariid moth now widespread in Europe that mines Robinia leaves.

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