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Gracillariidae 33a0118 – 0657   Parectopa robiniella Clemens, 1863              Locust Digitate Leafminer

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Larva and Host Plants: Locust Description/ Field Marks: "Fore wings fine brown, somewhat golden, shaded with dark brown. Along the costa are three oblique silvery streaks, the one nearest the base of the wing, short, and the others extended to the middle of the wing, each shadded along their margins with dark brown. On the inner margin are three silvery dorsal spots, placed opposite the spaces between the costal streaks. Near the tip of the wing is a transverse, narrow, curved silvery line, passing from the costa to the inner angle. At the base of the cilia are two black converging lines, witch do not meet opposite the apex of the wing. Cilia silvery white, tipped with dark fuscous. Hind wings dark brown, cilia the same." - Clemens, 1863. Genitalia: See Kirichenko et al. (2016). Similar Species: Pinned specimens of related species. (Hint: select View by Region on the related species page.) Synonymy: robiniella Clemens, 1863 (Parectopa) - MONA 1983: 657

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) Clemens, B., 1863. American Micro-Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 2: 4. Hall et al., 2021. The Moths of North Carolina - website (identification, habitats and life history) Kirichenko, N., P. Triberti, M. Mutanen, E. Magnoux, J.-F. Landry, C. Lopez-Vaamonde, 2016. Systematics and biology of some species of Micrurapteryx Spuler (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae) from the Holarctic Region, with re-description of M. caraganella (Hering) from Siberia. ZooKeys, 579: 99-156; fig. 1, 12, 23, 78, 80, 82, 84, 86. (PDF or read online) Species Page at Block Island Moths Species Page at BugGuide.Net Species Page at Mass Moths Species Page at Microleps.org Species Page at iNaturalist

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