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Mine on bracken leaflet
Copyright © 2016 Christopher Adam

Mine on bracken leaflet
Irishtown Nature Park, n of Moncton, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, Canada
August 9, 2015
A small blotch mine on bracken fern, upper and lower sides + whole plant. Bracken - Pteridium aquilinum.

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Mine on bracken leaflet Mine on bracken leaflet
Contributed by Christopher Adam on 4 May, 2016 - 2:27pm
Last updated 22 November, 2016 - 8:55am

Moved
Moved from Chirosia flavipennis.

See note on guide page. This really doesn't resemble the mines of C. flavipennis I've seen, but until this summer I thought there were only two options for mines on bracken fern.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 November, 2016 - 8:55am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 May, 2016 - 2:41pm

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