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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Acrocercopinae
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St. Andrews leaf miner on Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium SA1047 2017 1
Copyright © 2017 Tracy S. Feldman

St. Andrews leaf miner on Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium SA1047 2017 1
Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA
August 21, 2017

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St. Andrews leaf miner on Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium SA1047 2017 1 St. Andrews leaf miner on Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium SA1047 2017 2
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 21 August, 2017 - 9:05pm
Last updated 4 September, 2017 - 11:29am

Adult


Still not sure what it is.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 March, 2018 - 9:03pm login or register to post comments

 
It looks very much like the m
It looks very much like the moth from the new genus on Dichanthelium--the wing markings are a bit different, yet the shape and many other aspects look almost identical to my untrained eye.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 18 March, 2018 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes
They are certainly both in the subfamily Acrocercopinae, and I'm not entirely sure how to distinguish them.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 March, 2018 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

An adult emerged, and it is indeed something in the neighborhood of Leucospilapteryx or Acrocercops astericola (which is misplaced in that genus). I'm going to try and find someone to help me with this group this winter.
… Charley Eiseman, 4 September, 2017 - 11:29am login or register to post comments

Does Parectopa plantaginisell
Does Parectopa plantaginisella mine this host?
… Tracy S. Feldman, 21 August, 2017 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

 
No, but this might be Leucospilapteryx venustella
...I reared what appears to be that species from Pseudognaphalium in Texas this spring.
… Charley Eiseman, 1 September, 2017 - 9:14pm login or register to post comments

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