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Parectopa robiniella

Clemens, 1863
Locust Digitate Leafminer

Sort #: 244 | P3 #: 330181 | MPG #: 657 | PFG Page #: 38
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Larval feeding type: leaf-miner, pupates outside the mine is a silken cocoon
Larval substrate: Robinia pseudoacacia* (Black Locust), Amorpha* (False Indigo Bush), Desmodium (Tick Trefoil), Galactia (Milk Pea)
Phenology: Adult: 6/19 to 9/11 (7 records)

Status in MA (automated assessment): Widespread, very common
Status in N. America: Native
MA Endangered Species Act status: None
First Year Reported: 1871
Last Year Reported: 2022

Distribution by County: Berkshire, Hampden, Hampshire, Franklin, Worcester, Middlesex, Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth, Barnstable, Dukes, Nantucket
Number of Records: 112

  • Tenanted mine on Robinia pseudoacacia (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Tenanted mine on Robinia pseudoacacia under transmitted light (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)
  • Pupal cocoon almost completed (Photo: ©S. Whitebread)

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