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Phyllonorycter manzanita - Hodges#0768 (Phyllonorycter manzanita)
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Alice Abela
Gracillariidae -
Phyllonorycter manzanita
Burton Mesa Ecological Reserve, Santa Barbara County, California, USA
February 20, 2015
Size: ~5mm
Found on Purisima manzanita (Arctostaphylos purissima) in sandy Burton Mesa chaparral habitat
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Contributed by
Alice Abela
on 20 February, 2015 - 9:49pm
Last updated 21 February, 2015 - 1:18pm
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Beautiful shot of a beautiful moth. Seems a good match for Braun's original description of
Phyllonorycter manzanita
, which according to current taxonomy is the only
Phyllonorycter
that feeds on manzanita.
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Charley Eiseman
, 21 February, 2015 - 1:18pm
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