Macrosaccus morrisella

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

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]

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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