Oak mines - Japanagromyza viridula

Moved

Moved from Chinquapin Leaf-miner Moth.

I've been fooled by these before, but if you look closely you'll see that the frass is in little lumps and wet streaks, not stringy as in eriocraniid mines. This leaf also has a few "shotholes" made by the female using her ovipositor to puncture the leaf and drink its sap.

… Charley Eiseman, 29 April, 2016 - 7:31am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… v belov, 2 August, 2015 - 4:49pm

Dyseriocrania griseocapitella

These look to be mines of Dyseriocrania griseocapitella (Eriocraniidae). The date of 10 May is just when full-term larvae/leaf mines of that species would be present.

… Terry Harrison, 20 July, 2015 - 3:44pm