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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Gelechiinae » Gnorimoschemini » Keiferia » Tomato pinworm - Hodges#2047 (Keiferia lycopersicella)
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Kieferia lycopersicella on tomato - Keiferia lycopersicella
Copyright © 2015 Michael W. Palmer

Kieferia lycopersicella on tomato - Keiferia lycopersicella
Mehan, Payne County, Oklahoma, USA
August 9, 2015
ventral right, dorsal left. Appears to start out as a mine, then progress to a loose and frassy silk covering.

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Contributed by Michael W. Palmer on 10 August, 2015 - 11:10am
Last updated 14 August, 2015 - 1:26pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
Keys to Keiferia lycopersicella in my key, thanks to your photo of the larva and description of its habits.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 August, 2015 - 8:06am login or register to post comments

Host plant?
I presume this is a nightshade of some sort, but you neglected to mention which one...
… Charley Eiseman, 10 August, 2015 - 8:58pm login or register to post comments

 
On tomato
An embarrassing omission. Host plant is a cultivated tomato.
… Michael W. Palmer, 10 August, 2015 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

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