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Paraclemensia acerifoliella (maple leafcutter)

Synonyms: Ornix acerifoliella; Paraclemensia luteiceps; Tinea iridella

Wikipedia Abstract

Paraclemensia acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter moth, is a moth of the Incurvariidae family. 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.
View Wikipedia Record: Paraclemensia acerifoliella

Prey / Diet

Acer rubrum (red maple)[1]
Acer saccharum (sugar maple)[1]
Betula papyrifera (mountain paper birch)[1]
Fagus grandifolia (American beech)[1]
Ulmus americana (American elm)[1]

External References

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Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0