Paraclemensia acerifoliella

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Paraclemensia acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter moth, is a moth of the family Incurvariidae.[2] It is found from south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, south to the tip of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina and possibly north-western Georgia.[3]

Phylum:Arthropoda
Clade:Pancrustacea
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
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Maple leafcutter moth
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Paraclemensia
Species:
P. acerifoliella
Binomial name
Paraclemensia acerifoliella
(Fitch, 1854)[1][2]
Synonyms
  • Ornix acerifoliella Fitch 1856
  • Micropteryx luteiceps Walker 1863
  • Paraclemensia luteiceps
  • Tinea iridella Chambers, 1873
  • Paraclemensia iridella
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Description

The wingspan is 9–12 mm.[4][2] They are on wing from April to June in one generation per year.

The larvae feed on the leaves of Acer and sometimes also Fagus, Quercus, Betula and huckleberry species.

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