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Macrosaccus uhlerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Gracillariidae
Genus:
Macrosaccus
Species:
M. uhlerella
Binomial name
Macrosaccus uhlerella
(Fitch, 1859)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis uhlerella Fitch, 1859
  • Phyllonorycter uhlerella
  • Phyllonorycter amorphae (Frey & Boll, 1878)
  • Phyllonorycter amorphaeella (Chambers, 1877)

Macrosaccus uhlerella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Illinois, Missouri, New York, Colorado and Texas in the United States.[2]

The wingspan is 6-6.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Amorpha species (including Amorpha fruticosa) and Robinia species. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mature mine is an elongate-oval, whitish blotch located on the underside of the leaf usually near the edge of the leaflet. Eventually, as the mine becomes tentiform, the leaf edge is slightly curled.[3]

References

  1. ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
  3. ^ Systematics and biology of the new genus Macrosaccus with descriptions of two new species (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae)
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