Cremastobombycia verbesinella

Cremastobombycia verbesinella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Florida, United States.[2]

Cremastobombycia verbesinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Infraorder:
Heteroneura
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Cremastobombycia
Species:
C. verbesinella
Binomial name
Cremastobombycia verbesinella
(Busck, 1900)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis verbesinella Busck, 1900

The wingspan is about 6.4 mm.

The larvae feed on Verbesina virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a roomy tent-shaped mine on the underside of the leaf. The lower epidermis is much wrinkled longitudinally. Pupation takes place in an elongate white cocoon suspended at both ends like a hammock inside the mine.

References
  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)


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