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Leigh farm park Durham NC leaf miner on Campsis radicans D57 2015 1 - Octotoma plicatula

Leigh farm park Durham NC leaf miner on Campsis radicans D57 2015 1 - Octotoma plicatula
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
June 15, 2015
Is this Octotoma plicatula?

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Leigh farm park Durham NC leaf miner on Campsis radicans D57 2015 1 - Octotoma plicatula Leigh farm park Durham NC leaf miner on Campsis radicans D57 2015 2 - Octotoma plicatula Leigh farm park Durham NC leaf miner on Campsis radicans D57 2015 3 - Octotoma plicatula

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Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
I assume so, but it would be great to rear this one--the mines have never been described for this species. Evidently the larva returns to one spot beneath the midrib to rest and deposit most of its frass.

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