Phyllonorycter tiliacella (Chambers, 1871)

Eiseman, Charles S. & Davis, Donald R., 2020, Wrong side of the leaf: assigning some Lithocolletinae species (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) to their proper genera, Zootaxa 4751 (2), pp. 201-237 : 229-231

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scientific name	Phyllonorycter tiliacella (Chambers, 1871)
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Phyllonorycter tiliacella (Chambers, 1871) View in CoL

( Figs. 68–70 View FIGURES 68–70 )

L.[ithocolletis] tiliacella Chambers 1871a: 56 . Phyllonorycter tiliacella Chambers )— Davis 1983: 10.

Leaf mine. Chambers (1871a) described the characteristic upper-surface mine of this species ( Figs. 68–69 View FIGURES 68–70 ) as follows: “Small, circular or ovate, brownish, mottled with whitish; not visible underneath until the lower cuticle dies.” Braun (1908) characterized it as “white, densely speckled with dark brown”, which is in agreement with our observations.

Host. Malvaceae : Tilia americana L.

Distribution. Canada: ON, QC; USA: CT, IL, KY, MA, ME, MI, NH, NY, VT.

Review. Chambers (1871a) reared this species from Tilia americana in Kentucky. Braun (1908) stated that it is common throughout the Atlantic states. Specific records include New York ( Forbes 1925), Ontario ( Yoshimoto 1977), Maine and New Hampshire ( Brower 1984), Illinois ( Godfrey et al. 1987), Connecticut ( Maier & Davis 1989), Vermont ( Grehan et al. 1995), and Quebec ( Handfield 1997). CSE has found leaf mines in Massachusetts (Montague, Franklin Co.), and they have been photographed in Michigan (Orchard Lake, Oakland Co.; Megachile 2019).

Comments. Godfrey et al. (1987) listed adult collection dates in Illinois ranging from 6 May to 1 July. Maier & Davis (1989) reared adults from mines collected on 9 July and 15 September and stated that their evidence indicated two generations per year. A leaf mine CSE collected in Quebec on 8 July 2018 yielded an adult three days later ( Fig. 70 View FIGURES 68–70 ).

References

Braun, A. F. (1908) Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hubner. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, 34, 269 - 357. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 17825

Brower, A. E. (1984) A list of the Lepidoptera of Maine. Part 2: The Microlepidoptera Section 2 Cosmopterigidae through Hepialidae. Maine Agricultural Experiment Station Technical Bulletin, 114, 1 - 70.

Chambers, V. T. (1871 a) Micro-lepidoptera. The Canadian Entomologist, 3, 54 - 58.

Davis, D. R. (1983) Gracillariidae. In: Hodges, R. W., Dominick, T., Davis, D. R., Ferguson, D. C., Franclemont, J. G., Munroe, E. G. & Powell, J. A. (Eds.), Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. E. W. Classey Ltd. and The Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, London, pp. 9 - 11.

Forbes, W. T. M. (1925) Records of rare Lepidoptera from Ithaca, New York. The Canadian Entomologist, 57 (1), 1 - 5.

Godfrey, G. L., Cashatt, E. D. & Glenn, M. O. (1987) Microlepidoptera from the Sandy Creek and Illinois River Region: an annotated checklist of the suborders Dacnonypha, Monotrysia, and Ditrysia (in part) (Insecta). Illinois Natural History Survey Special Publication, 7, 1 - 44.

Grehan, J. R., Parker, B. L., Nielsen, G. R., Miller, D. H., Hedbor, J. D., Sabourin, M. & Griggs, M. S. (1995) Moths and butterflies of Vermont (Lepidoptera): a faunal checklist. University of Vermont Agricultural Experiment Station Miscellaneous Publication, 116, 1 - 95.

Handfield, L. (1997) Liste des Lepidopteres du Quebec et du Labrador. Fabreries, Supplement 7, 1 - 155.

Maier, C. T. & Davis, D. R. (1989) Southern New England host and distributional records of lithocolletine Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera), with comparison of host specificity in temperate regions. Miscellaneous Publications of the Entomological Society of America, 70, 1 - 23.

Megachile. (2019) Basswood round-blotch miner moth. Available from: https: // www. inaturalist. org / observations / 30464682 (accessed 23 September 2019)

Yoshimoto, C. M. (1977) The North American species of the genus Achrysocharoides (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae). Canadian Entomologist, 109, 907 - 930.