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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Phyllocnistinae » Phyllocnistis » Common Aspen Leaf Miner - Hodges#0852 (Phyllocnistis populiella)
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common aspen leaf miner - Phyllocnistis populiella
Copyright © 2005 tom murray

common aspen leaf miner - Phyllocnistis populiella
Lancaster, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
September 4, 2005
This leaf has an interesting pattern drawn on it. I've seen lines like this before, but don't know what makes them.
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Contributed by tom murray on 6 September, 2005 - 6:51am
Last updated 28 April, 2008 - 3:50pm

Moved
Moved from leaf mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 April, 2008 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

leaf mining
Looks to me like the common aspen (Populus tremuloides) leaf miner, Phyllocnistis populiella. We're going on a 3-5 year outbreak here in Alaska across interior and south-central.
… fsrak, 1 August, 2006 - 12:35am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the ID
Hope the outbreak isn't too bad up there.
… tom murray, 2 August, 2006 - 11:00pm login or register to post comments

Flies also do that
For example flies of the family Agromyzidae are known leaf miners.
Indeed it is possible (that is, when you're an expert :-))) to determine the species from the mining pattern!
Greetings,
Gerard Pennards
… Gerard Pennards, 6 September, 2005 - 1:54pm login or register to post comments

Leaf mining
The larva of many insects are leaf miners, including some of the Buprestids you have a talent for photographing (Brachys, etc.). The host and 'pattern' are usually diagnostic.
… Phillip Harpootlian, 6 September, 2005 - 9:06am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
for the info. It appears that both beetles and flies do this leaf graffiti. I'm not sure where it would belong in the guide, if at all.
… tom murray, 6 September, 2005 - 3:42pm login or register to post comments

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