1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

• [Asteraceae:] Aster shortii [Typenzucht]
• [Asteraceae:] Aster cordifolius [Typenzucht]
• [Asteraceae:] Solidago caesia [Typenzucht]
• [Asteraceae:] Solidago latifolia [Typenzucht]

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Typenmaterial

Braun (1921: 17): “Type (♂) and eleven paratypes reared from larvae mining seeds of Aster shortii, eleven reared from Aster cordifolius, twenty from Solidago caesia and Solidago latifolia, many specimens captured on flowers of Aster in September, all in Cincinnati, Ohio; a series taken on goldenrod flowers, Balsam, North Carolina, August 15-25. Type and paratypes in writer's collection, paratypes in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and in the U. S. National Museum.”

(Autor: Jürgen Rodeland)

3.2. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: Braun, A. F. (1921): Notes on Microlepidoptera with Descriptions of New Species. — Entomological News 32 (1): 8-18. [Digitalisat auf biodiversitylibrary.org]