Macrosaccus morrisella

Hog peanut moth
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Gracillariidae
Genus:	Macrosaccus
Species:	M. morrisella
Binomial name
	Macrosaccus morrisella; (Fitch, 1859)
Synonyms
	Argyromiges morrisella Fitch, 1859 ; Lithocolletis morrisella (Fitch, 1859) ; Phyllonorycter morrisella (Fitch, 1859) ; Phyllonorycter amphicarpaeella (Dyar, 1903) ; Phyllonorycter amphicarpeaeella (Chambers, 1877) ; Phyllonorycter texanella (Zeller, 1875) ;

Macrosaccus morrisella (hog peanut moth) is a moth of the family Gracillariidae.^[2]^[3] In North America it is known from Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec, south and west to Texas and Colorado.^[4]^[5]

Quick Facts Hog peanut moth, Scientific classification ...

The wingspan is 6–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Amphicarpaea bracteata, Strophostyles leiosperma, and soybean (Glycine max).^[6]^[5] They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine begins as an elongate serpentine track on the underside of the leaflet. This enlarges to an elongate-oval, whitish blotch which eventually becomes strongly tentiform.^[5]

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