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Gracillariidae Members:
Acrocercops albinatella
Acrocercops astericola
Acrocercops strigosa
Acrocercops unidentified species
Anarsioses aberrans
Caloptilia alnivorella
Caloptilia azaleella
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 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
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
Parectopa lespedezaefoliella
Parectopa pennsylvaniella
Parectopa plantaginisella
Parectopa robiniella
Parectopa unidentified species
Parornix geminatella
Parornix preciosella
Parornix unidentified species
Parornix vicinella
Phyllocnistis ampelopsiella
Phyllocnistis hyperpersea
Phyllocnistis insignis
Phyllocnistis liquidambarisella
Phyllocnistis liriodendronella
Phyllocnistis liriodendronella__magnoliella complex
Phyllocnistis magnoliella
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 obscuricostella
Phyllonorycter occitanica
Phyllonorycter ostryaefoliella
Phyllonorycter propinquinella
Phyllonorycter quercialbella
Phyllonorycter salicifoliella
Phyllonorycter scudderella
Phyllonorycter tiliacella
Phyllonorycter trinotella
Phyllonorycter unidentified species
Porphyrosela desmodiella
Porphyrosela minuta
Porphyrosela unidentified species
Povolnya quercinigrella
Cremastobombycia
Members:
Cremastobombycia ignota
Cremastobombycia solidaginis
Cremastobombycia unidentified species
16 NC Records
Cremastobombycia solidaginis
(Frey & Boll, 1878) - No Common Name
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This species is a specialist on goldenrods and produces a lower-surface, tentiform mine. Note the folded leaf edge that provides a protective shelter for the larva and pupa.
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A view of the lower leaf surface of Tall Goldenrod that shows the mine with longitudinal wrinkles.
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A view of the spindle-shaped cocoon that was exposed by dissecting a mine.
Taxonomy
Superfamily:
Gracillarioidea
Family:
Gracillariidae
Subfamily:
Lithocolletinae
Tribe:
[Lithocolletini]
P3 Number:
330254.00
MONA Number:
723.00
Comments:
The genus
Cremastobombycia
contains seven described species in North American, with at least seven undescribed species that are mostly in the western US (Eiseman, 2017).
Identification
Field Guide Descriptions:
Beadle and Leckie (2012)
Online Photographs:
MPG
,
BugGuide
,
iNaturalist
,
Google
,
BAMONA
,
GBIF
Technical Description, Adults:
Braun, 1908
Technical Description, Immature Stages:
Braun, 1908; Eiseman, 2019.
Adult Markings:
The following is based on the description by Braun (1908). The antenna is grayish and distinctly annulated with dark brown. The face and palps are yellowish white, while the tuft is brownish ocherous with white along the sides. The ground color of the thorax and forewing is reddish ocherous. A white stripe on each side of the thorax continuous as a rather indistinct whitish basal streak on the forewing. The basal streak ends at about one-third, and is narrow and unmargined. There are four white costal streaks. The first two are posteriorly oblique and situated at one-third and at the middle of the wing length. The third is at two-thirds and is nearly perpendicular, while the fourth is just before the apex and inwardly oblique. All are dark margined on the posterior margin with dark brown that is often only faintly evident, or even missing, on some specimens. The margin of the last streak forms the dusting on the apex. There is a long, oblique dorsal streak that begins near the middle of the dorsal margin. Its dark margin usually unites with the dark margin of the second costal streak, and in some individuals the streaks themselves unite to form an angulated fascia. Opposite the third costal streak there is a very reduced oblique dorsal streak that is indicated by a slightly lighter shade and a few dark scales behind it. The fringe is ocherous and the marginal line in the cilia is brownish and indistinct. The hindwing and cilia are ocherous gray. The legs are whitish with ocherous banding and the tarsal joints are tipped with black. This species is superficially similar to
C. ignota
, and is most easily distinguished by the presence of the whitish basal streak on the forewing that ends at about one-third (much shorter in
C. ignota
), and by streaks that are less bold, with the dark scales confined to the posterior margin (on both margins in
C. ignota
).
Wingspan:
7-9 mm (Braun, 1908).
Adult ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos of unworn specimens.
Immatures and Development:
The larva produce elongated blotch mines on the undersides of leaves. These initially are flat, but soon develop longitudinal wrinkles and become tentiform. The margin of the leaf is sometimes folded to form the tent. When viewed from the upper leaf surface, the mine appears as an elongated light yellowish or whitish mine with remnants of green tissue. The final instar spins a dense white cocoon within the mine that has very fine longitudinal ridges. The cocoon is suspended hammock-like by a single silken thread at one end and by two diverging threads at the other end (Braun, 1908; Eiseman, 2019). When the moth emerges, the pupal case is left protruding from the epidermis.
Larvae ID Requirements:
Identifiable from good quality photos, especially where associated with known host plants.
Distribution in North Carolina
Distribution:
Cremastobombycia solidaginis
is found in eastern North America in southern Canada (Ontario; Quebec) and throughout much of the eastern US. In the US, populations have been found from the northeastern states to as far west as Minnesota, and as far south as northern Florida and Oklahoma. As of 2022, we have scattered records from the lower elevations in the mountains to the Coastal Plain.
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)
Click on graph to enlarge
Immature Dates:
High Mountains (HM) ≥ 4,000 ft.
Low Mountains (LM) < 4,000 ft.
Piedmont (Pd)
Coastal Plain (CP)
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Flight Comments:
Many local populations appear to have two broods per year, with a peak in August and a second in October. As of 2022, we have a record of a mine in the Coastal Plain as early as late June. However, most records for occupied mines and adults are from August through late October.
Habitats and Life History
Habitats:
Local populations are dependent on goldenrods as hosts, particularly species that thrive in open, sunny habitats such as roadways, fence lines, open woods, old fields and infrequently mowed meadows.
Larval Host Plants:
Goldenrods (
Solidago
spp.) are the primary hosts, but Eiseman (2019) noted one instance of the larvae using an aster (
Symphyotrichum
sp.). As of 2022, all of our leaf mine records are from goldenrods, including Tall Goldenrod (
S. altissima
) and Wrinkle-leaf Goldenrod (
S. rugosa
).
Observation Methods:
The adults occasionally visit lights, but most of our records are based on leaf mines or adults that were reared from mines.
Wikipedia
See also Habitat Account for
General Successional Fields and Forblands
Status in North Carolina
Natural Heritage Program Status:
Natural Heritage Program Ranks:
GNR S3S4
State Protection:
Has no legal protection, although permits are required to collect it on state parks and other public lands.
Comments:
We currently do not have adequate information on the distribution and abundance of this species in North Carolina to assess its conservation status.
Photo Gallery for
Cremastobombycia solidaginis
- No common name
Photos: 19
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-10-27
Pender Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Dean Furbish on 2022-10-27
Pender Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman on 2022-06-06
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Tracy S. Feldman on 2022-06-06
Durham Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: tom ward on 2022-04-29
Buncombe Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-10-14
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2021-10-11
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Gary Maness on 2020-11-09
Guilford Co.
Comment: whitish basal streak is present.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-26
Madison Co.
Comment: Attracted to UV light.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-06
Buncombe Co.
Comment: An adult that was reared from Solidago sp. (see companion photo of the mine from 2020-10-01). The white streaks on this specimen are greatly reduced relative to typical specimens.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-06
Buncombe Co.
Comment: An adult that was reared from Solidago sp. (see companion photo of the mine from 2020-10-01).
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-01
Buncombe Co.
Comment: Underside of a Solidago leaf with an occupied mine with a whitish cocoon inside. Note the longitudinal folds on the surface.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka on 2020-10-01
Buncombe Co.
Comment: Upperside of a Solidago leaf with an occupied mine with a whitish cocoon inside.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2020-08-18
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-10-28
Madison Co.
Comment: A lower-surface, tentiform leaf mine on Tall Goldenrod (Solidago altissima).
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-10-28
Madison Co.
Comment: A view of the leaf mine from the lower surface.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-10-28
Madison Co.
Comment: A mine on S. altissima that was dissected to reveal the spindle-shaped cocoon that is characteristic of this species.
Recorded by: Jim Petranka and Becky Elkin on 2019-09-02
Madison Co.
Comment:
Recorded by: Harry Wilson on 2016-07-24
Wake Co.
Comment: