Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)

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Higher taxa:	Gracillariidae (family)/  Lithocolletinae (subfamily)/  Cremastobombycia (genus)/
Status:	Accepted
Authorship:	(Chambers, 1871)
Citation:	L.[ithocolletis] ambrosiaeella. N. sp.
Original genus:	Lithocolletis
Publication:	Chambers, V. T. 1871. Micro-Lepidoptera.
Journal:	Canadian Entomologist
Volume:	3
Issue:	3–12
Pagination:	127–128
URL:	https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4611784

Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (1)

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Scientific name	TypeStatus	Gender	Museum	Description	Country	Locality	Publication	URL
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Syntype	unknown	BMNH	1 Syntype ex coll. Chambers, ex coll. Stainton, BMNH.	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Kentucky.	Hagen, H. A. 1884. The types of Tineina in the collection of the museum in Cambridge, Mass. page 127–128
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)		unknown		Not stated, "common"	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Kentucky.	Hagen, H. A. 1884. The types of Tineina in the collection of the museum in Cambridge, Mass. page 127–128
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)		unknown	CMCZ	"2 Ky.", CMCZ (Hagen 1884: 151)	United States, US	[U.S.A.], Kentucky.	Hagen, H. A. 1884. The types of Tineina in the collection of the museum in Cambridge, Mass. page 127–128

Scientific name	Country	Province	Publication	URL
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Canada	Quebec	Handfield, L. 1997. Liste des Lépidoptères du Québec et du Labrador. page 30
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Canada	Ontario	Pohl, G. R., Landry, J.-F., Schmidt, B. C., Lafontaine, J. D., Troubridge, J. T., Macaulay, A. D., van Nieukerken, E. J., DeWaard, J. R., Dombroskie, J. J., Klymko, J., Nazari, V. & Stead, K. 2018. Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. page 52
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	United States, US	Illinois	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). page 15
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	United States, US	Kentucky	Chambers, V. T. 1871. Micro-Lepidoptera. page 127
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	United States, US	Texas	Frey, H. & Boll, J. 1878. Tineen aus Texas. page 267
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	United States, US	Maine	Brower, A. E. 1984. A List of the Lepidoptera of Maine, Part 2: The Microlepidoptera, Section 2; Cosmopterigidae through Hepialidae. page 43

Plant note:

Tentiform mine on underside of leaf.

Scientific name	Plant	Plant Family	Country	Publication	URL
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Ambrosia sp.	Asteraceae		Frey, H. & Boll, J. 1876. Einige Tineen aus Texas. page 221
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Ambrosia trifida	Asteraceae		Chambers, V. T. 1871. Micro-Lepidoptera. page 127
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Helianthus giganteus	Asteraceae		Chambers, V. T. 1875b. Tineina of the Central United States. page 100
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Helianthus sp.	Asteraceae		Chambers, V. T. 1878b. Art. IV.—Tineina and their food-plants. page 116
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Heterotera squarrosa	Asteraceae		Frey, H. & Boll, J. 1878. Tineen aus Texas. page 269
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Verbesina alternifolia	Asteraceae		Braun, A. F. 1908b. Revision of the North American species of the genus Lithocolletis Hübner. page 352
Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (Chambers, 1871)	Verbesina sp.	Asteraceae		Ely, C. R. 1918. A revision of the North-American Gracilariidae [sic] from the standpoint of venation. page 65

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Cremastobombycia ambrosiaeella (1)

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination

Scientific Name	Authorship	Rank	Status	Original Combination
Cremastobombycia ambrosiella (Frey & Boll, 1878)	(Frey & Boll, 1878)	species	Synonym	Lithocolletis ambrosiella
Cremastobombycia ambrosiella (Dyar, [1903])	(Dyar, [1903])	species	Misapplied	Lithocolletis ambrosiella
Cremastobombycia amoena (Frey & Boll, 1878)	(Frey & Boll, 1878)	species	Synonym	Lithocolletis amoena
Cremastobombycia nobilissima (Frey & Boll, 1878)	(Frey & Boll, 1878)	species	Synonym	Lithocolletis nobilissima