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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 » Gnorimoschema » Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella - Hodges#1985 (Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella)
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Gall moth, zigzag goldenrod - Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella
Copyright © 2017 John van der Linden

Gall moth, zigzag goldenrod - Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella
Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
August 4, 2017
Host is Solidago flexicaulis, zigzag goldenrod

In 2017 plants bearing this gall could be found in most of the populations of S. flexicaulis that I inspected in my area

Reared adult (a different individual):


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Gall moth, zigzag goldenrod - Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella Gall moth, zigzag goldenrod - Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella Gall moth, zigzag goldenrod - Gnorimoschema gallaeasterella
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Contributed by John van der Linden on 12 September, 2017 - 2:36pm

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