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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 » Phyllonorycter » unidentified eastern oak-feeding spp. (Phyllonorycter unidentified eastern oak-feeding spp.)
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St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1464 2018 1 - Phyllonorycter
Copyright © 2018 Tracy S. Feldman

St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1464 2018 1 - Phyllonorycter
Laurinburg, Scotland County, North Carolina, USA
November 8, 2018
Phyllonorycter--one we have seen before?

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St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1464 2018 1 - Phyllonorycter St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1464 2018 2 - Phyllonorycter St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1464 2018 3 - Phyllonorycter St. Andrews leaf miner on Quercus virginiana SA1464 2018 4 - Phyllonorycter
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 8 November, 2018 - 10:45pm
Last updated 29 March, 2020 - 10:30am

Moved
Moved from Phyllonorycter aeriferella.
… Charley Eiseman, 29 March, 2020 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

Yes, although this species hasn't actually been reared from Q. virginiana. P. aeriferella is unique among eastern oak feeders in gathering up all its frass to make an oval ball in which the cocoon is spun.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 November, 2018 - 5:09pm login or register to post comments

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