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Gracillariidae 33a0310 – 0746   Phyllonorycter crataegella (Clemens, 1859)              Apple Blotch Leafminer

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Larva and Host Plants: Apple Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: crataegella (Clemens, 1859) (Lithocolletis) - MONA 1983: 746 malifoliella (Meyrick, 1912) (Lithocolletis) emend. malimalifoliella (Braun, 1908) (Lithocolletis) - MONA 1983: [767] Taxonomic Notes: Phyllonorycter crataegella (Clemens, 1859) includes as a synonym 0767 Phyllonorycter malimalifoliella (Braun, 1908), Proc. Entom. Soc. Wash. 612-615.

References (Caution: DNA barcoding at BOLD provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification; some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.)

Barcode of Life (BOLD) Braun, A.F., 1908. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 34: 301; pl. 22, fig. 8. Clemens, B., 1859. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 11: 324. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Landry, J.-F. & D.L. Wagner, 1995. Taxonomic review of apple-feeding species of Phyllonorycter Hübner (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) in North America. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 97(3): 612; figs. 3, 8, 22-24, 26. Landry, J.-F., V. Nazari, J.R. Dewaard, M. Mutanen, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, P. Huemer, P.D.N. Hebert, 2013. Shared but overlooked: 30 species of Holarctic Microlepidoptera revealed by DNA barcodes and morphology. Zootaxa, 3749(1): 1-93. Meyrick, E., 1912. Adelidae, Micropterygidae, Gracilariadae. Lepidopterorum Catalogus , 6: 30. Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at iNaturalist

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