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Phyllocnistis ampelopsiella

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllocnistis ampelopsiella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family, known from Québec and the United States (Colorado, Kentucky, Maine and New York). The hostplants for the species include Ampelopsis quinquefolia , Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Psedera quinquefolia, and Vitis vinifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a white, convoluted mine on the underside of the leaf. Although it is somewhat linear, it winds about from the midribto the margin and back, between the veins of the leaf until the entire cuticle in the mined portion is separated, and the mine becomes a blotch.
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Prey / Diet

Ampelocissus latifolia (American ivy)[1]
Vitis vinifera (wine grape)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Chnaurococcus trifolii (clover root mealybug)1
Dimargarodes meridionalis1
Otiorhynchus sulcatus (European strawberry weevil)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
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
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