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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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Fort Macon State Park leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D1167 2018 1 - Porphyrosela desmodiella
Copyright © 2018 Tracy S. Feldman

Fort Macon State Park leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D1167 2018 1 - Porphyrosela desmodiella
Fort Macon State Park, Carteret County, North Carolina, USA
August 18, 2018

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Fort Macon State Park leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D1167 2018 1 - Porphyrosela desmodiella Fort Macon State Park leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D1167 2018 2 - Porphyrosela desmodiella Fort Macon State Park leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D1167 2018 3 - Porphyrosela desmodiella Fort Macon State Park leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D1167 2018 4 - Porphyrosela desmodiella Fort Macon State Park leaf miner on Strophostyles helvola D1167 2018 6 - Porphyrosela desmodiella
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 18 August, 2018 - 10:59pm
Last updated 28 August, 2018 - 9:15am

Moved
Moved from Lithocolletinae.

I think you may have collected these a little too late. A number of the mines already had pupal exuviae sticking out, and now braconids are emerging from most of the others. However, on further reflection, these mines are much smaller than any Macrosaccus mines I've seen on other hosts.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 August, 2018 - 9:15am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

Could be either Macrosaccus morrisella or Porphyrosela desmodiella--both of which are known from S. leiosperma rather than helvola.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 August, 2018 - 5:20pm login or register to post comments

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