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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries » Unidentified Leaf Mines

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Copyright © 2016 Tracy S. Feldman

St. Andrews leaf miner on plant unknown SA519 2016 1

Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA
August 23, 2016

I think this may be Coreopsis lanceolata, but there are other possibilities--I may be able to figure this out soon.

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St. Andrews leaf miner on plant unknown SA519 2016 1

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 25 August, 2016 - 9:15pm

Suleima helianthana?

I just learned that the "sunflower bud moth" is initially a leafminer and is recorded from Coreopsis grandiflora. I don't know what the mines look like, but tortricid was my first impression... Later instars bore into flower heads and stems, with silk-bound frass accumulating at the entrance hole, so you could look for that if you find these mines again.

… Charley Eiseman, 20 April, 2019 - 3:15pm

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Sounds good--I did not see th

Sounds good--I did not see them last year, even though the plants were still around. There has been lots of disturbance there recently, so I am not sure if the plants are still there.

… Tracy S. Feldman, 20 April, 2019 - 8:12pm

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Plant ID

Were you sure that this is a Coreopsis but unsure of the species, or is it not necessarily even a Coreopsis?

… Charley Eiseman, 31 March, 2019 - 6:55pm

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I am pretty sure it is Coreop

I am pretty sure it is Coreopsis lanceolata. It has bloomed, and both the leaves and the inflorescences match this species.

… Tracy S. Feldman, 31 March, 2019 - 8:30pm

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This mine is empty,

but the other leaf seems to have something in it (the mine is at the base and I think the larva has bored into the petiole). It's certainly a moth; I'd guess Gelechiidae or maybe Tortricidae.

… Charley Eiseman, 25 August, 2016 - 9:36pm

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