Antispila viticordifoliella Clemens

Nieukerken, Erik J. van, Wagner, David L., Baldessari, Mario, Mazzon, Luca, Angeli, Gino, Girolami, Vicenzo, Duso, Carlo & Doorenweerd, Camiel, 2012, Antispila oinophylla new species (Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae), a new North American grapevine leafminer invading Italian vineyards: taxonomy, DNA barcodes and life cycle, ZooKeys 170, pp. 29-77 : 45

Antispila viticordifoliella Clemens

Antispila viticordifoliella Clemens, 1860: 209. Syntype mines, larva [USA: Pennsylvania, Easton], larvae on "wild grapes" [ Vitis vulpina ], August–September, Brackenridge Clemens (ANSP if extant).

Antispila viticordifoliella ; Chambers 1874a: 168 [first description of adult].

Differential diagnosis.

In the interpretation of this species by Chambers (1874a), as discussed above, Antispila viticordifoliella differs from the Antispila ampelopsifoliella group in missing the apical spot on the forewing and its long white antennal tip, the latter character is shared with Antispila hydrangaeella . We have as yet not seen such specimens originating from Vitis .

Biology.

Hostplant: Vitis vulpina . Leafmines not described in detail.

Distribution.

USA: Kentucky, Pennsylvania. Many records are unreliable and often refer to the isabella complex.