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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)
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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 1
Copyright © 2018 Tracy S. Feldman

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 1
Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
July 25, 2018
I am pretty sure this is a miner, and I've not seen anything like it yet (Neurobathra or Acrocercops come to mind).

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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 1 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 2 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 3 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 4 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 5 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 6 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 7 Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1126 2018 8
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 25 July, 2018 - 10:04pm
Last updated 17 September, 2018 - 11:18pm

Two different species?
Taking another look, it seems like the first two photos (mine ending in a small tent, not entering the midrib) could be a Caloptilia of some sort, and the second and fourth pairs (boring in the midrib) are likely to be Neurobathra. Not sure about the third pair.
… Charley Eiseman, 10 November, 2018 - 6:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

Neither genus is known from birch, and I don't believe mines like this have been reported on birch either, so I hope you can find occupied ones at some point.
… Charley Eiseman, 17 September, 2018 - 11:18pm login or register to post comments

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