Antispila ampelopsifoliella

Antispila ampelopsifoliella is a species of moth of the family Heliozelidae. It is found in eastern North America, including Connecticut, Kentucky, New York, Vermont and Ontario.Records from Italy may refer to Antispila oinophylla.

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Antispila ampelopsifoliella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Antispila
Species:
A. ampelopsifoliella
Binomial name
Antispila ampelopsifoliella
Chambers, 1874
Synonyms
  • Antispila ampelopsisella Chambers, 1874
  • Antispila ampelopsiella Chambers, 1874

The larvae feed on Parthenocissus quinquefolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts with a relatively long contorted gallery with thin broken frass, or when it runs along margin in a straighter course, later abruptly enlarged into elongate blotch or wide gallery. Here, the frass is dispersed in the middle. The early narrow gallery may be as long as the elongate blotch. The mine can be found in any part of the leaf. The larvae are yellowish white with a black head.[1]

Taxonomy

Previously confused with Antispila oinophylla

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References
  1. Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle



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