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Scientific Name:
Common Name:
Family (Alpha):
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ADELIDAE-
AMPHISBATIDAE-
AUTOSTICHIDAE-
BATRACHEDRIDAE-
BEDELLIIDAE-
BLASTOBASIDAE-
BOMBYCIDAE-
BUCCULATRICIDAE-
CARPOSINIDAE-
CHOREUTIDAE-
COLEOPHORIDAE-
COSMOPTERIGIDAE-
COSSIDAE-
CRAMBIDAE-
DEPRESSARIIDAE-
DREPANIDAE-
ELACHISTIDAE-
EPERMENIIDAE-
EPIPYROPIDAE-
EREBIDAE-Erebid Moths
ERIOCRANIIDAE-
EUTELIIDAE-
GALACTICIDAE-
GELECHIIDAE-
GEOMETRIDAE-
GLYPHIDOCERIDAE-
GLYPHIPTERIGIDAE-
GRACILLARIIDAE-
HELIOZELIDAE-
HEPIALIDAE-
HYBLAEIDAE-
INCURVARIIDAE-
LASIOCAMPIDAE-
LECITHOCERIDAE-Long-horned Moths
LIMACODIDAE-
LYONETIIDAE-
MEGALOPYGIDAE-Flannel Moths
MICROPTERIGIDAE-
MIMALLONIDAE-
MOMPHIDAE-Mompha Moths
NEPTICULIDAE-
NOCTUIDAE-Owlet Moths
NOLIDAE-
NOTODONTIDAE-
OECOPHORIDAE-
OPOSTEGIDAE-
PELEOPODIDAE-
PLUTELLIDAE-
PRODOXIDAE-
PSYCHIDAE-Bagworm Moths
PTEROPHORIDAE-
PYRALIDAE-
SATURNIIDAE-Saturniids
SCHRECKENSTEINIIDAE-
SESIIDAE-
SPHINGIDAE-Sphinx Moths
THYATIRIDAE-
THYRIDIDAE-
TINEIDAE-
TISCHERIIDAE-
TORTRICIDAE-
URANIIDAE-
URODIDAE-
XYLORYCTIDAE-
YPONOMEUTIDAE-
YPSOLOPHIDAE-
ZYGAENIDAE-
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Gracillariidae Members:
Acrocercops albinatella
Acrocercops astericola
Acrocercops unidentified species
Anarsioses aberrans
Aristaea pennsylvaniella
Caloptilia alnivorella
Caloptilia azaleella
Caloptilia belfragella
Caloptilia bimaculatella
Caloptilia blandella
Caloptilia cornusella
Caloptilia coroniella
Caloptilia flavella
Caloptilia glutinella
Caloptilia hypericella
Caloptilia invariabilis
Caloptilia juglandiella
Caloptilia negundella
Caloptilia ostryaeella
Caloptilia packardella
Caloptilia paradoxum
Caloptilia porphyretica
Caloptilia rhoifoliella
Caloptilia sassafrasella
Caloptilia serotinella
Caloptilia stigmatella
Caloptilia superbifrontella
Caloptilia triadicae
Caloptilia umbratella
Caloptilia unidentified species
Caloptilia violacella
Cameraria aceriella
Cameraria aesculisella
Cameraria arcuella
Cameraria bethunella
Cameraria betulivora
Cameraria caryaefoliella
Cameraria castaneaeella
Cameraria cincinnatiella
Cameraria conglomeratella
Cameraria corylisella
Cameraria fletcherella
Cameraria guttifinitella
Cameraria hamadryadella
Cameraria hamameliella
Cameraria lentella
Cameraria macrocarpella
Cameraria obstrictella
Cameraria ostryarella
Cameraria picturatella
Cameraria quercivorella
Cameraria saccharella
Cameraria tubiferella
Cameraria ulmella
Cameraria unidentified species
Chrysaster ostensackenella
Cremastobombycia ignota
Cremastobombycia solidaginis
Cremastobombycia unidentified species
Cryptolectica strigosa
Leucanthiza amphicarpeaefoliella
Leucospilapteryx unidentified species
Leucospilapteryx venustella
Macrosaccus morrisella
Macrosaccus robiniella
Macrosaccus uhlerella
Marmara apocynella
Marmara fasciella
Marmara fraxinicola
Marmara serotinella
Marmara smilacisella
Marmara unidentified species
Marmara viburnella
Micrurapteryx salicifoliella
Neurobathra strigifinitella
Neurobathra unidentified species
New genus and species near Neurobathra
Parectopa lespedezaefoliella
Parectopa plantaginisella
Parectopa robiniella
Parectopa unidentified species
Parornix geminatella
Parornix obliterella
Parornix preciosella
Parornix unidentified species
Parornix vicinella
Phyllocnistis ampelopsiella
Phyllocnistis hyperpersea
Phyllocnistis insignis
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella
Phyllocnistis liriodendronella
Phyllocnistis New Species one
Phyllocnistis subpersea
Phyllocnistis unidentified species
Phyllocnistis vitegenella
Phyllocnistis vitifoliella
Phyllonorycter aeriferella
Phyllonorycter albanotella
Phyllonorycter argentifimbriella
Phyllonorycter argentinotella
Phyllonorycter auronitens
Phyllonorycter basistrigella
Phyllonorycter caryaealbella
Phyllonorycter celtifoliella
Phyllonorycter celtisella
Phyllonorycter crataegella
Phyllonorycter diversella
Phyllonorycter fitchella
Phyllonorycter intermixta
Phyllonorycter lucetiella
Phyllonorycter lucidicostella
Phyllonorycter maestingella
Phyllonorycter mariaeella
Phyllonorycter martiella
Phyllonorycter New Species one
Phyllonorycter obscuricostella
Phyllonorycter occitanica
Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella
Phyllonorycter propinquinella
Phyllonorycter quercialbella
Phyllonorycter salicifoliella
Phyllonorycter scudderella
Phyllonorycter tiliacella
Phyllonorycter trinotella
Phyllonorycter unidentified species
Phyllonorycter viburnella
Porphyrosela desmodiella
Porphyrosela minuta
Porphyrosela unidentified species
Povolnya quercinigrella
Telamoptilia hibiscivora
Neurobathra
Members:
Neurobathra strigifinitella
Neurobathra unidentified species
57 NC Records
Neurobathra strigifinitella
(Clemens, 1860) - No Common Name
view caption
A view of a backlit leaf of a fresh Northern Red Oak with a mine. The third-instar larva mines a lateral vein, and later instars the mid-vein and leaf blade. Note the frass in the mid-vein where the larvae mined. In some cases the late instar larva may leave the mid-vein and create a blotch mine near the leaf tip as seen here.
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Gracillarioidea
Family:
Gracillariidae
Subfamily:
Gracillariinae
Tribe:
[Gracillariini]
P3 Number:
330187.00
MONA Number:
663.00
Comments:
Neurobathra
is a small genus of leaf-mining moths with only three described species in North America. Of these,
N. strigifinitella
is the only species that occurs in North Carolina.
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Beadle and Leckie (2012)
Online Photographs:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
BAMONA
,
GBIF
,
BOLD
Technical Description, Adults:
Heinrich and DeGryse, 1915; Forbes, 1923
Technical Description, Immature Stages:
Heinrich and DeGryse, 1915
Adult Markings:
The following description is primarily based on Heinrich and DeGryse (1915) and Forbes (1923). The palps are smoothly scaled and are yellowish white with brown barring. The maxillary palps are very small and less than a fifth as long as the upturned labial palps. The head and antenna are dull brown, and the antenna slightly exceeds the length of the body. The forewing is long and narrow and has complex patterning. The ground color varies from light brown to grayish brown and is striated obliquely from both margins with white striae that are edged with black. These tend to alternate with heavier solid black streaks or blotches. The three or four white streaks that originate from the dorsal margin are generally larger and more prominent that those from the costal margin. There is a conspicuous dark eyespot near the apex. Adjoining this dorsally, there is a short, fine, white longitudinal streak that in turn adjoins a prominent dark bar in the cilia. Beyond this, a thinner dark line is usually evident in the cilia. The hindwing is brownish gray, and the legs show varying levels of white and blackish banding. Despite the complex patterning, this species is easy to identify given its elongated, narrow wings, long antennae, recurved palps, apical eyespot, and the dark bar in the cilia.
Wingspan:
8 mm (Forbes, 1923).
Adult ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development:
Females lay their eggs singly on the lower leaf surface, usually near the base and between the lateral veins. The hatchling first makes a short, irregular, linear mine just beneath the lower epidermis. After the second molt, it bores into and mines a lateral vein. The fourth and later instars bore in the midrib. The mature larva emerges from the upper side of the midrib, typically near the tip of the leaf (Heinrich and DeGryse, 1915; Eiseman, 2019). If the midrib does not provide enough food to complete development, the larva will mine an irregular blotch adjacent to the midrib at the tip of the leaf. When finished feeding, the larva drops down on a strand of silk and spins a cocoon, usually on the underside of a leaf near the edge or against a major vein. The elliptical cocoon is transparent, white, and flat, and is decorated with 4–10 small, pearl-like globules (Heinrich and DeGryse, 1915; Eiseman, 2019). Most leaves have only one or two mines, but as many as four have been found on a single leaf.
Larvae ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
Neurobathra strigifinitella
is found in eastern North America, including Ontario, Quebec, and much of the eastern US. Populations are common and widespread east of the Mississippi River, with only a few scattered populations in Oklahoma and Texas. This species occurs statewide in North Carolina, but populations appear to be more common in the mountains and Piedmont where deciduous forests predominate.
County Map:
Clicking on a county returns the records for the species in that county.
Flight Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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