Antispila isabella
Antispila isabella is a species of moth of the family Heliozelidae. It is found in Ontario, Connecticut, Georgia, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylvania and Vermont. However, research concludes that a complex of species is involved under this name.
Mine
Mine
| Antispila isabella | |
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| Male Antispila cf. isabella from Mansfield, CT | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Heliozelidae |
| Genus: | Antispila |
| Species: | A. isabella |
| Binomial name | |
| Antispila isabella | |
The larvae feed on Vitis aestivalis, Vitis labrusca and Vitis riparia. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mines are relatively large. No gallery is visible and the mine has the form of a large blotch, with a roundish patch of reddish frass near the beginning, probably attached to the upper epidermis, and dispersed black frass throughout the mine.[2]
References
- Clemens, Brackenridge (1860). "Contributions to American Lepidoptery—No. 5". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 12: 209. JSTOR 4059370.
- van Nieukerken, Erik; Wagner, David; Baldessari, Mario; Mazzon, Luca; Angeli, Gino; Girolami, Vincenzo; Duso, Carlo; Doorenweerd, Camiel (2012). "Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle". ZooKeys. 170: 29–77. doi:10.3897/zookeys.170.2617.
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