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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1072 Stigmella betulicola group 2018 1 - Stigmella

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1072 Stigmella betulicola group 2018 1 - Stigmella
Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
June 28, 2018
Finally--I've never found these occupied before.

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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1072 Stigmella betulicola group 2018 1 - Stigmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1072 Stigmella betulicola group 2018 2 - Stigmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1072 Stigmella betulicola group 2018 3 - Stigmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1072 Stigmella betulicola group 2018 4 - Stigmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1072 Stigmella betulicola group 2018 5 - Stigmella

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

One adult emerged and was smooshed into the crumpled-up tissue; I think the specimen is salvageable. I found one other cocoon in the vial. As far as I know this is the first record of a nepticulid from B. nigra.

 
D1137 has emerged
And the other D1072 emerged on July 18.

 
Adult

This is how far behind I am in sorting through my photos!

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