Paraclemensia acerifoliella

Maple leafcutter moth
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Incurvariidae
Genus: Paraclemensia
Species:
P. acerifoliella
Binomial name
Paraclemensia acerifoliella
(Fitch, 1854)
Synonyms
  • Ornix acerifoliella Fitch 1856
  • Micropteryx luteiceps Walker 1863
  • Paraclemensia luteiceps
  • Tinea iridella Chambers, 1873
  • Paraclemensia iridella

Paraclemensia acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter moth, is a moth of the family Incurvariidae. 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.

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