Cremastobombycia solidaginis
Species of moth
Cremastobombycia solidaginis is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Ontario and Quebec in Canada, and Florida, Texas, Georgia, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Connecticut and Michigan in the United States.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Gracillariidae |
| Genus: | Cremastobombycia |
| Species: | C. solidaginis
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| Cremastobombycia solidaginis (Frey & Boll, 1876)[1]
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The wingspan is 7–9 mm.
The larvae feed on Baccharis pilularis and Solidago species, including Solidago altissima, Solidago bicolor, Solidago caesia, Solidago canadensis, Solidago fistulosa, Solidago gigantea, Solidago patula and Solidago rugosa.
References
- ^ Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
- ^ Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
- ^ Lua error in Module:Cite_Q at line 13: attempt to index a nil value.
External links
- mothphotographersgroup
- Cremastobombycia at microleps.orgError: "Q5184055" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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