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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Desmodium nuttalii maybe D1103 Pachyschelus laevigatus probably 2018 1 - Pachyschelus laevigatus
Copyright © 2018 Tracy S. Feldman

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Desmodium nuttalii maybe D1103 Pachyschelus laevigatus probably 2018 1 - Pachyschelus laevigatus
Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
July 18, 2018
are you still interested in these, or are they just likely to be P. laevigatus?

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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Desmodium nuttalii maybe D1103 Pachyschelus laevigatus probably 2018 1 - Pachyschelus laevigatus Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Desmodium nuttalii maybe D1103 Pachyschelus laevigatus probably 2018 2 - Pachyschelus laevigatus Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Desmodium nuttalii maybe D1103 Pachyschelus laevigatus probably 2018 3 - Pachyschelus laevigatus Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Desmodium nuttalii maybe D1103 Pachyschelus laevigatus probably 2018 4 - Pachyschelus laevigatus
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 19 July, 2018 - 12:21pm
Last updated 19 May, 2019 - 6:19pm

Moved
Moved from Pachyschelus.

Adult emerged from the fuzzy one (D. viridiflorum).
… Charley Eiseman, 19 May, 2019 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

 
And now...
two adults from D. glabellum.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 May, 2019 - 5:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Actually this one is Desmodiu
Actually this one is Desmodium laevigatum, not D. glabellum--see note below.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 22 May, 2020 - 11:48pm login or register to post comments

 
Got it
that's how I had it recorded; thanks for making sure.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 May, 2020 - 6:05am login or register to post comments

 
P. laevigatus
Norm Woodley confirmed that the adults from both hosts are P. laevigatus (there's always a theoretical possibility that they will turn out to be P. confusus, which has never been reared). It has been reared from D. viridiflorum before, but D. glabellum is a new host record.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 February, 2020 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

I do think these are very likely to be P. laevigatus. If you can confirm the host species it would be worth collecting some for the new host record.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 July, 2018 - 7:21pm login or register to post comments

 
It looks as if there may be t
It looks as if there may be two hosts growing side by side: D. viridiflorum and D. glabellum. The latter's leaves are glabrous. I am sending a mix of leaves from both plants to you.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 22 July, 2018 - 1:10pm login or register to post comments

 
I found out the identities of
I found out the identities of the Desmodium species. The one with rough upper leaves and soft hairy lower leaves is D. viridiflorum--I am pretty sure, as I've now seen the plant with flowers and fruits. Also, I am pretty sure the glabrous one is D. laevigatum.
… Tracy S. Feldman, 20 September, 2018 - 10:19pm login or register to post comments

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