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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Trumpet Leafminer Moths (Tischerioidea) » Trumpet Leafminer Moths (Tischeriidae) » Coptotriche » Rosaceae-feeding Species (Coptotriche Rosaceae-feeding Species)
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St. Andrews leaf miner on Clethra alnifolia SA1218 2017 1 - Coptotriche
Copyright © 2017 Tracy S. Feldman

St. Andrews leaf miner on Clethra alnifolia SA1218 2017 1 - Coptotriche
Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA
November 7, 2017
This is almost definitely a miner--could be like a Coptotriche. Of course the mines are empty--I found about 5 mines on three leaves of one plant. I will send one leaf with the two most intact mines to you. I checked as many other plants, and found no other mines.

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St. Andrews leaf miner on Clethra alnifolia SA1218 2017 1 - Coptotriche St. Andrews leaf miner on Clethra alnifolia SA1218 2017 2 - Coptotriche
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 7 November, 2017 - 10:06pm
Last updated 8 November, 2017 - 10:00am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

I believe this is actually Aronia... I've reared adults from that host, and I suspect they're Coptotriche crataegifoliae but they could be an undescribed species.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 November, 2017 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

 
I think you are right about t
I think you are right about the plant ID--I was suspecting I was wrong as of last night, yet I couldn't think of what it actually was. Aronia fits better. I don't see it often here, but occasionally. I took a photo of the plant I got these from, and I think a tiny Aronia plant was growing right next to a Clethra. I think I can see the Aronia in the photo, but it is over-topped by the Clethra.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 8 November, 2017 - 10:41am login or register to post comments

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