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Gracillariidae, Ribes feeder, feeding habit - Caloptilia undescribed-ribes
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Gracillariidae, Ribes feeder, feeding habit - Caloptilia undescribed-ribes
100 Acre Wood, Winneshiek County, Iowa, USA
June 2, 2017
Leaf of Gooseberry, Ribes sp., upper side
BG Info: the distinctive patches of feeding damage that are visible on the exterior of the cone … readily differentiate the larval damage of this species from that of anything else.
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Gracillariidae, Ribes feeder, feeding habit - Caloptilia undescribed-ribes Gracillariidae, Ribes feeder, feeding habit - Caloptilia undescribed-ribes
Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 13 April, 2018 - 8:02am

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