Fomoria pteliaeella

Fomoria pteliaeella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Fomoria
Species: F. pteliaeella
Binomial name
Fomoria pteliaeella
(Chambers, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula pteliaeella Chambers, 1880
  • Ectoedemia pteliaeella (Chambers, 1880)

Fomoria pteliaeella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Kentucky and Ohio in the United States.[1]

Mine

The wingspan is 4-4.5 mm. There are two generations per year. Larvae may be collected in July and in August and September.

The larvae feed on Ptelea trifoliata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The egg is deposited on the upper side of the leaf. The mine is much contorted and at first very indistinct, and sometimes blotch-like. Later, it becomes more distinct, but is more or less obscured by the scattered frass. Deserted mines become whitish or yellowish. The larva is a very bright green in color. The cocoon is dark brown.

References

  1. ↑ Erik J. van Nieukerken; Camiel Doorenweerd; Robert J B Hoare; Donald R Davis (31 October 2016), "Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)", ZooKeys, 628 (628): 65–246, doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.628.9799, PMC 5126388, PMID 27917038 , Wikidata Q28109648


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