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Maple Leafcutter Moth
Paraclemensia acerifoliella
Paraclemensia acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter moth, is a moth of the Incurvariidae family. It is found from south-eastern Canada and the north-eastern United States, south to the tip of the Appalachian Mountains in western North Carolina and possibly north-western Georgia.
From the article Paraclemensia acerifoliella on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The wingspan is 9–12 mm. They are on wing from April to June in one generation per year. The larvae feed on the leaves of Acer and sometimes also Fagus, Quercus, Betula and huckleberry species.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 176089.