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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) » Ribbed Cocoon-maker Moths (Bucculatricidae) » Bucculatrix » Section IV (oak and birch family leafminers) (Bucculatrix Section IV (oak and birch family leafminers))
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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1814 2019 1 - Bucculatrix
Copyright © 2019 Tracy S. Feldman

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1814 2019 1 - Bucculatrix
Lake Crabtree County Park, Wake County, North Carolina, USA
July 17, 2019
not sure if these are occupied, but they might be. Bucculatrix? or early Stigmella? I guess I may find out if they are alive...

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Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1814 2019 1 - Bucculatrix Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1814 2019 2 - Bucculatrix Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1814 2019 3 - Bucculatrix Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1814 2019 4 - Bucculatrix Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Betula nigra D1814 2019 5 - Bucculatrix
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 17 July, 2019 - 10:11pm
Last updated 18 July, 2019 - 5:25pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

They appear to be vacated Bucculatrix mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 18 July, 2019 - 5:25pm login or register to post comments

 
The one on the right is activ
The one in photo 5 is active and feeding--could be Stigmella?
… Tracy S. Feldman, 18 July, 2019 - 9:20pm login or register to post comments

 
I guess it might be--
if I'm seeing it right, the larva looks long and skinny (more Bucculatrix-like), and the wrong color for a Stigmella. But I guess we'll find out soon...
… Charley Eiseman, 18 July, 2019 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Bucculatrix is correct
The larvae have been feeding externally and spinning molting cocoons.
… Charley Eiseman, 25 July, 2019 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

 
I assume no adults have emerg
I assume no adults have emerged from these? Any adults from any other Bucculatrix from Lake Crabtree County Park?
… Tracy S. Feldman, 18 October, 2019 - 1:21pm login or register to post comments

 
D1593
According to my specimen spreadsheet I have an adult from D1593 (emerged June 19 or 20), but nothing from D1814. Also adults from Lake Crabtree on Ambrosia and Ulmus.
… Charley Eiseman, 20 October, 2019 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Great!
Great!
… Tracy S. Feldman, 25 July, 2019 - 9:31pm login or register to post comments

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