Butterflies and Moths of North America

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Lesser Maple Leaf Blotch Miner Moth
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella

Observation date: July 21, 2021
Submitted by: tirvine2020
Specimen type: Photograph
Observation notes: Reared from Acer saccharum. Larva made a lower surface tentiform mine. The mine was rather large, only bounded by large veins. Frass is deposited in a clump on one side of the mine. The mine was found on 7/10, and the larva was still active on 7/14, but it had pupated by 7/18. It emerged this morning, 7/21, the pupal exuvia poking out through the lower epidermis of the mine.
Status: Resident
Verified by: rogerdowner
Verified date: July 22, 2021
Coordinator notes: None.