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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Stigmella » lapponica group (Stigmella lapponica group) » Stigmella undescribed-species-on-lyonothamnus
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Catalina Ironwood Leafmine - Stigmella undescribed-species-on-lyonothamnus
Copyright © 2013 Chris Mallory

Catalina Ironwood Leafmine - Stigmella undescribed-species-on-lyonothamnus
Catalina Island, Los Angeles County, California, USA
June 18, 2012
Catalina Ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus) is endemic to the island and therefore any miner of the plant is sure to be interesting... Jerry Powell's Checklist of the Lepidoptera Recorded on Santa Catalina Island lists these Catalina Ironwood leaf miners as Stigmella n. sp. The mines are fairly small and appear to be distinct.

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Catalina Ironwood Leafmine - Stigmella undescribed-species-on-lyonothamnus Catalina Ironwood Leafmine - Stigmella undescribed-species-on-lyonothamnus
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Contributed by Chris Mallory on 21 November, 2013 - 1:16pm
Last updated 21 November, 2013 - 2:51pm

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Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
Cool! These are certainly Stigmella mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 November, 2013 - 2:51pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the confirmation!
Hopefully this year I can find some active mines and maybe rear some adults if I'm lucky enough.
… Chris Mallory, 21 November, 2013 - 2:59pm login or register to post comments

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