Cremastobombycia ignota

Cremastobombycia ignota is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Illinois, Texas, Kentucky, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, Washington and Ohio in the United States.[2]

Cremastobombycia ignota
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Gracillariidae
Genus: Cremastobombycia
Species:
C. ignota
Binomial name
Cremastobombycia ignota
(Frey & Boll, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Lithocolletis ignota Frey & Boll, 1873
  • Cremastobombycia actinomeridis (Frey & Boll, 1878)
  • Cremastobombycia bostonica (Frey & Boll, 1873)
  • Cremastobombycia elephantopodella (Frey & Boll, 1878)
  • Cremastobombycia heleanithivorella (Chambers, 1878)
  • Cremastobombycia heleanthivorella (Walsingham, 1889)
  • Cremastobombycia helianthisella (Chambers, 1874)
  • Cremastobombycia helianthivorella (Chambers, 1875)
  • Cremastobombycia hilianthivorella (Chambers, 1875)

The wingspan is 6.5-7.5 mm.

The larvae feed on Elephantopus species (including Elephantopus carolinianus), Helianthus species (including Helianthus annuus and Helianthus giganteus), Ridania alternifolia, Verbesina species (including Verbesina alternifolia and Verbesina virginica). They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner
  2. Global Taxonomic Database of Gracillariidae (Lepidoptera)
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