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Deerfield Beach leaf miner on Wedelia trilobata maybe D1304 2018 1 - Astrotischeria
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Deerfield Beach leaf miner on Wedelia trilobata maybe D1304 2018 1 - Astrotischeria
Deerfield Beach, Broward County, Florida, USA
December 29, 2018
Astrotischeria?

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Deerfield Beach leaf miner on Wedelia trilobata maybe D1304 2018 1 - Astrotischeria Deerfield Beach leaf miner on Wedelia trilobata maybe D1304 2018 2 - Astrotischeria Deerfield Beach leaf miner on Wedelia trilobata maybe D1304 2018 3 - Astrotischeria Deerfield Beach leaf miner on Wedelia trilobata maybe D1304 2018 4 - Astrotischeria
Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 29 December, 2018 - 9:37pm
Last updated 3 January, 2019 - 5:13pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

One adult has already emerged--not a great specimen, but maybe there will be others.
Apparently Sphagneticola trilobata is now the preferred name for this plant.
… Charley Eiseman, 3 January, 2019 - 5:13pm

It looks like there might be more than one type of miner here?
I agree that the mines in the above photo look like Astrotischeria, with no frass and with the circular "nidus" of silk. The ones in the next photo seem to have frass inside? I'll be very interested to check these out; I've only seen linear Liriomyza mines on this host.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 December, 2018 - 10:14am

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