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Black Locust Leafminer

Macrosaccus robiniella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 76, February 56, March 88, April 139, May 200, June 218, July 234, August 201, September 147, October 110, November 60, December 47.
United States2,077
Alaska1,577
Canada236
Germany184
Ontario149
New York111
France109
Switzerland66
Grand Est66
Poland48

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
GenusMacrosaccus

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