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Cremastobombycia verbesinella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Gracillariidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Cremastobombycia

Cremastobombycia verbesinella

Scientific name
  
Cremastobombycia verbesinella

Cremastobombycia verbesinella is a moth of the Gracillariidae family. It is known from Florida, United States.

The wingspan is about 6.4 mm.

The larvae feed on Verbesina virginica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a roomy tent-shaped mine on the underside of the leaf. The lower epidermis is much wrinkled longitudinally. Pupation takes place in an elongate white cocoon suspended at both ends like a hammock inside the mine.

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Cremastobombycia verbesinella Wikipedia