Incurvariidae
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Paraclemensia
maple leafcutter moths
Paraclemensia is a genus of primitive moths in the family Incurvariidae. Larvae are leaf miners that later construct portable cases from cut leaf pieces, earning the common name 'leafcutter' for at least one species. The genus includes species associated with maple (Acer) and, in at least one documented case, with Rosaceae hosts. Most detailed biological information comes from studies of P. acerifoliella, the maple leafcutter.