Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch, 1854) is a animal in the Incurvariidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch, 1854)

Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch, 1854)

Paraclemensia acerifoliella is an insect with larvae that feed on leaves of several deciduous woody plant genera.

Family
Genus
Paraclemensia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch, 1854)

Scientific name: Paraclemensia acerifoliella (Fitch, 1854). This species has a wingspan of 9–12 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June, and it produces one generation per year. The larvae feed on leaves of Acer species, and sometimes also feed on leaves of Fagus, Quercus, Betula, and huckleberry species.

Photo: (c) Larry Clarfeld, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Larry Clarfeld · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Incurvariidae Paraclemensia

More from Incurvariidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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