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Jordan Lake leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis D1060 2018 1 - Mompha cephalonthiella
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Jordan Lake leaf miner on Cephalanthus occidentalis D1060 2018 1 - Mompha cephalonthiella
Seaforth Area of Jordan Lake, Chatham County, North Carolina, USA
June 24, 2018
Mompha--looks different to me than M. solomoni.

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 24 June, 2018 - 9:37pm
Last updated 31 March, 2019 - 11:55am

Moved
Moved from cephalonthiella or solomoni.

Terry Harrison dissected a male and confirmed the ID of Mompha cephalonthiella.
… Charley Eiseman, 31 March, 2019 - 11:55am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 September, 2018 - 11:10pm

Adult emerged by 7/12/2018
Adults emerged by 7/12/2018
… Tracy S. Feldman, 13 July, 2018 - 12:20pm

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