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Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula maybe D1322 2018 1 - Stilbosis

J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Sanibel Island, Lee County, Florida, USA
December 31, 2018

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Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula maybe D1322 2018 1 - Stilbosis

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula maybe D1322 2018 2 - Stilbosis

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula maybe D1322 2018 3 - Stilbosis

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula maybe D1322 2018 4 - Stilbosis

Ding Darling Refuge leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula maybe D1322 2018 6 - Stilbosis

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 1 January, 2019 - 6:45pm
Last updated 9 January, 2019 - 7:56pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

All of these are definitely mines, and I think Stilbosis is very likely. Can you confirm the host?

… Charley Eiseman, 9 January, 2019 - 7:56pm

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Piscidia

Were you ever able to confirm this plant ID?

… Charley Eiseman, 20 October, 2019 - 7:19pm

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I felt sure enough about it t

I felt sure enough about it that I did not try to confirm, but I would be happy to post this and the Quercus photo on the Facebook site, just to confirm them.

… Tracy S. Feldman, 20 October, 2019 - 9:05pm

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The only miner recorded from Piscidia...

is an undescribed Leucanthiza, and this isn't that.

… Charley Eiseman, 7 January, 2019 - 6:05pm

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This might be one worth check

This might be one worth checking out, as it isn't completely clear that it's a miner. I think it is, but I am not 100% sure.

… Tracy S. Feldman, 7 January, 2019 - 6:21pm

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In the last two photos,

it seems pretty clear that the thing next to the midrib is a mine, with a frass-lined corridor inside (suggestive of some Gelechioidea like Stilbosis).

… Charley Eiseman, 7 January, 2019 - 6:39pm

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Makes me wish I were down the

Makes me wish I were down there more often...

… Tracy S. Feldman, 9 January, 2019 - 9:40pm

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