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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) » Lithocolletinae » Cameraria » unidentified eastern oak-feeding spp. (Cameraria unidentified eastern oak-feeding spp.)
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Leaf mine - Cameraria
Copyright © 2013 Tom Klein

Leaf mine - Cameraria
Pheasant Branch Conservancy, Middleton, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 4, 2013
In a bur oak (Quercus macrocarpa) leaf.
Exit hole on the lower side of the leaf in the lower right corner.
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Contributed by Tom Klein on 4 July, 2013 - 7:19pm
Last updated 10 March, 2015 - 6:00pm

Moved
Moved from Cameraria.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 March, 2015 - 6:00pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
I checked some backlit shots of my own, both Cameraria and sawflies, and I feel good about calling it Cameraria now (definitely parasitized, given the exit hole). I notice that it ended up right next to another shot of yours of Cameraria on bur oak:
… Charley Eiseman, 15 February, 2015 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Profenusa.
Suddenly, I'm wondering whether a parasitized Cameraria could look like this. Do you happen to have a non-backlit shot?
… Charley Eiseman, 14 February, 2015 - 8:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Non-backlit shot
Nope, I only kept the two shots it seems.
… Tom Klein, 14 February, 2015 - 8:42pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
Profenusa alumna and P. lucifex are both recorded from bur oak.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 February, 2015 - 8:25pm login or register to post comments

Profenusa?
The frass suggests sawfly to me, but sawfly larvae are supposed to exit through a slit cut in the upper epidermis. Maybe the hole was made by an ant or other predator, or by a parasitoid wasp exiting. Did you find any other examples?
… Charley Eiseman, 4 July, 2013 - 8:59pm login or register to post comments

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