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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae
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St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus laurifolia SA1215 2017 1
Copyright © 2017 Tracy S. Feldman

St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus laurifolia SA1215 2017 1
Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA
November 7, 2017
not sure if this is a miner at all, but I think so. I thought I saw a shiny egg--could this be Brachys?

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 7 November, 2017 - 10:23pm
Last updated 14 May, 2020 - 6:49am

Moved
Moved from Stigmella quercipulchella.

I took another look at my photos, and I'm wondering if this might actually be an Ectoedemia. There is otherwise no record of S. quercipulchella from SE of Kentucky.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 May, 2020 - 6:49am login or register to post comments

 
What about the records on Que
What about the records on Quercus nigra and Quercus coccinea (SA145 and SA146)?
… Tracy S. Feldman, 14 May, 2020 - 7:17am login or register to post comments

 
Somehow I didn't have those in my notes
Those are probably correct, but not 100% certain. This one from Jim Petranka is the most convincing NC record, I think:

If you can find one with a larva inside, that would help to confirm (yellow vs. green). And a reared adult would remove any doubt.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 May, 2020 - 8:03am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

This is a confusing mine, in part because the brown area is larger than the actual mine, which is 5 mm wide at the end. When backlit the central frass line is clearly visible. There is a tiny eggshell on the upper surface at the beginning of the mine, and I think the initial narrow portion is very contorted or otherwise obliterated by the later mining and discoloration. There is a crescent-shaped exit slit in the upper epidermis at the end of the mine. I'll send this leaf back with your empty vials (hopefully tomorrow).
… Charley Eiseman, 9 November, 2017 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

Sorry for the bad photo.
Sorry for the bad photo.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 7 November, 2017 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

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