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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker and Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillarioidea) » Leaf Blotch Miner Moths (Gracillariidae) » Lithocolletinae » Porphyrosela » Porphyrosela desmodiella - Hodges#0843 (Porphyrosela desmodiella)
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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Lespedeza cuneata D1106 2018 1 - Porphyrosela desmodiella
Copyright © 2018 Tracy S. Feldman

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Lespedeza cuneata D1106 2018 1 - Porphyrosela desmodiella
Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
July 19, 2018
more Caloptilia? These look new.

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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Lespedeza cuneata D1106 2018 1 - Porphyrosela desmodiella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Lespedeza cuneata D1106 2018 2 - Porphyrosela desmodiella
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 19 July, 2018 - 12:16pm
Last updated 25 July, 2018 - 2:04pm

Moved
Moved from Leaf Blotch Miner Moths.

Adults emerged.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 July, 2018 - 2:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Is this a known host for this
Is this a known host for this species?
… Tracy S. Feldman, 25 July, 2018 - 8:36pm login or register to post comments

 
No, this is the first record
of any North American leafminer from this host.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 July, 2018 - 8:37pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

Without associated leaf rolls, they could conceivably be Porphyrosela. Nothing has emerged from the previous batch.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 July, 2018 - 7:25pm login or register to post comments

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