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Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860)

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Higher taxa: Gracillariidae (family)/  Acrocercopinae (subfamily)/  Leucospilapteryx (genus)/ 
Status:Accepted
Authorship:(Clemens, 1860)
Citation:G.[racillaria] venustella.
Original genus:Gracillaria
Publication:Clemens, B. 1860a. Contribution to American Lepidopterology. - No. 3.
Journal:Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
Volume:12
Issue:
Pagination:6
URL:https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1801166
Scientific name TypeStatus Gender Museum Description Country Locality Publication URL
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) unknown ANSP Not stated, "One type, lacking abdomen en left wing", ANSP (Busck 1903: 195). United States, US [U.S.A.].
Scientific name Country Province Publication URL
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) Canada Quebec Handfield, L. 1997. Liste des Lépidoptères du Québec et du Labrador. page 30
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) 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 55
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) 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
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Michigan Nielsen, M. C. 1998. Preliminary list of Michigan moths: the Microlepidoptera. page 4
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Missouri Forbes, W. T. M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighbouring states. Part I. Primitive forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. page 180
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Kentucky Clemens, B. 1872. Micro-Lepidopterous Larvae. In: Stainton H.T. (ed.). The Tineina of North America. page 10
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Pennsylvania Forbes, W. T. M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighbouring states. Part I. Primitive forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. page 180
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Vermont 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. page 5
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Maryland Busck, A. 1903. Notes on Brackenridge Clemens' types of Tineina. page 195
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Ohio Forbes, W. T. M. 1923. The Lepidoptera of New York and neighbouring states. Part I. Primitive forms, Microlepidoptera, Pyraloids, Bombyces. page 180
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) United States, US Atlantic States Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A list of the North American Lepidoptera and key to the literature of this order of Insects. page 560
Plant note:

A large, tentiform mine on underside of the leaf.

Scientific name Plant Plant Family Country Publication URL
Leucospilapteryx venustella (Clemens, 1860) Ageratina ageratoides Asteraceae Chambers, V. T. 1872. Micro-Lepidoptera. page 9
Scientific name Parasitoid Parasitoid Family Country Publication URL
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Scientific Name Authorship Rank Status Original Combination
Leucospilapteryx eupatoriella (Chambers, 1872) (Chambers, 1872) species Synonym Gracillaria eupatoriella
Leucospilapteryx eupatoriiella (Chambers, 1878) (Chambers, 1878) species Misapplied Gracillaria eupatoriiella