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Tulip Tree Leaf Miner

Phyllocnistis liriodendronella

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Maryland.January 31, February 32, March 37, April 59, May 81, June 80, July 91, August 45, September 38, October 35, November 29, December 28.
United States2,828
Maryland471
Virginia440
New York348
New Jersey323
Pennsylvania269
North Carolina213
Canada149
Ontario149
Tennessee133

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyLeaf Blotch Miner Moths · Gracillariidae
GenusPhyllocnistis

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Tulip Tree Leaf Miner with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.