Leucospilapteryx
''Leucospilapteryx'' is a genus of moths in the family Gracillariidae Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Camerar .... Species *'' Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis'' Kumata, 1965 *'' Leucospilapteryx omissella'' (Stainton, 1848) *'' Leucospilapteryx venustella'' (Clemens, 1860) External linksGlobal Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera) Acrocercopinae Gracillarioidea genera {{Acrocercopinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leucospilapteryx Omissella
''Leucospilapteryx omissella'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from all of Europe (except Ireland and the Balkan Peninsula), east through Russia to Japan. The wingspan is 7–8 mm. Adults are on wing in May and again in August in two generations. The larvae feed on ''Artemisia campestris'' and ''Artemisia vulgaris''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of an upper surface blotch, with a conspicuous yellow-orange tinge. The larva lines the inside of the mine with silk, causing the mine to pucker up strongly. The mine is preceded by a long lower-surface corridor, running along the midrib or the leaf margin. Older larvae start eating parts of the upper epidermis. The black frass Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter. Definition and etymology ''Frass'' is an informal term and accordingly it is variously used and variously defined. It is derived from the G ... is ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leucospilapteryx Venustella
''Leucospilapteryx venustella'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Canada (Québec) and the United States (the Atlantic states, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Maryland and Kentucky). The wingspan is about 6 mm. The larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...e feed on '' Ageratina ageratoides'', '' Ageratina altissima'' and '' Eupatorium urticifolium''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a large, tentiform mine on the underside of the leaf. When the larva finishes feeding, it leaves the mine and pupates inside a small cocoon. References Acrocercopinae Moths described in 1860 {{Acrocercopinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leucospilapteryx Anaphalidis
''Leucospilapteryx anaphalidis'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Japan (the islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū) and the Russian Far East. The wingspan is 6.0–7.1 mm. The larva A larva (; plural larvae ) is a distinct juvenile form many animals undergo before metamorphosis into adults. Animals with indirect development such as insects, amphibians, or cnidarians typically have a larval phase of their life cycle. Th ...e feed on '' Anaphalis margaritacea''. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a linear mine on the underside of the leaf, later it becomes a swollen blotch. The cocoon is made on a fold of the leaf and is elliptical, very elongate and brownish. References Acrocercopinae Moths of Japan Moths described in 1965 {{Acrocercopinae-stub ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Acrocercopinae
Acrocercopinae is a subfamily of moths described by Akito Yuji Kawahara and Issei Ohshima in 2016. Genera In alphabetical order: *'' Acrocercops'' Wallengren, 1881 *'' Amblyptila'' Vári, 1961 *'' Artifodina'' Kumata, 1985 *'' Borboryctis'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Chilocampyla'' Busck, 1900 *''Chrysocercops'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Corethrovalva'' Vári, 1961 *'' Cryptolectica'' Vári, 1961 *'' Dekeidoryxis'' Kumata, 1989 *'' Deoptilia'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Dialectica'' Walsingham, 1897 *'' Eteoryctis'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Eucosmophora'' Walsingham, 1897 *'' Gibbovalva'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Hypectopa'' Diakonoff, 1955 *'' Lamprolectica'' Vári, 1961 *'' Leucocercops'' Vári, 1961 *'' Melanocercops'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Leucospilapteryx'' Spuler, 1910 *''Metacercops'' Vári, 1961 *'' Monocercops'' Kumata, 1989 *'' Phodoryctis'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Psydrocercops'' Kumata & Kuroko, 1988 *'' Sauterina'' Kuznetzov, 1979 *'' Schedocercops'' Vári, 1961 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of which have yet to be described. Most species of moth are nocturnal, but there are also crepuscular and diurnal species. Differences between butterflies and moths While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many attempts have been made to group the superfamilies of the Lepidoptera into natural groups, most of which fail because one of the two groups is not monophyletic: Microlepidoptera and Macrolepidoptera, Heterocera and Rhopalocera, Jugatae and Frenatae, Monotrysia and Ditrysia.Scoble, MJ 1995. The Lepidoptera: Form, function and diversity. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 404 p. Although the rules for distinguishing moths from butterflies are not well est ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Gracillariidae
Gracillariidae is an important family of insects in the order Lepidoptera and the principal family of leaf miners that includes several economic, horticultural or recently invasive pest species such as the horse-chestnut leaf miner, ''Cameraria ohridella''. Taxonomy and systematics There are 98 described genera of Gracillariidae (see below). A complete checklist is available of all currently recognised species. There are many undescribed species in the tropics but there is also an online catalogue of Afrotropical described speci the South African fauna is quite well known. Although Japanese and Russian authors have recognised additional subfamilies, there are three currently recognised subfamilies, Phyllocnistinae of which is likely to be basal. In this subfamily, the primitive genus ''Prophyllocnistis'' from Chile feeds on the plant genus ''Drimys'' (Winteraceae), and has leaf mines structurally similar in structure to fossils (see "Fossils"). While there have been some r ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |