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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Trumpet Leafminer Moths (Tischerioidea) » Trumpet Leafminer Moths (Tischeriidae) » Astrotischeria » Astrotischeria helianthi - Hodges#0161 (Astrotischeria helianthi)
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Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth - Astrotischeria helianthi
Copyright © 2019 MJ Hatfield

Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth - Astrotischeria helianthi
Armund's Prairie, Allamakee County, Iowa, USA
September 13, 2019
September 7, 2019: collected 2 mines on a leaf of Stiff Sunflower, Helianthus pauciflorus. One mine had an active pupa the other mine has something inactive.
September 13, 2019: moth emerged
Also found a dead parasitoid wasp in the vial.

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Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth, upper leaf surface - Astrotischeria helianthi Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth, underside of leaf - Astrotischeria helianthi Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth - Astrotischeria helianthi Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth, lateral - Astrotischeria helianthi Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth, leaf mine - Astrotischeria helianthi Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth, spent pupa - Astrotischeria helianthi Tischeriidae, Trumpet Leafminer Moth, spent mine opened - Astrotischeria helianthi
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 21 September, 2019 - 10:45pm
Last updated 15 November, 2019 - 10:48am

Moved
Moved from Astrotischeria.
… Charley Eiseman, 15 November, 2019 - 10:48am login or register to post comments

Host plant
I don't suppose you have any photos of the leaf still attached to the plant? On first glance it seems more likely to be Helianthus pauciflorus than Solidago speciosa, but I'm not sure, and I don't know how reliable wing pattern is for separating Astrotischeria spp.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 September, 2019 - 1:20pm login or register to post comments

 
No photos.
Actually I wrote down Helianthus and given there were only 2 species choices, this is the one it would be. But when the moth emerged I only noticed that there was one associated with Solidago so figured I had written down the wrong plant. I have since checked Helianthus pauciflorus and Solidago speciosa leaves in the field and they look nothing alike. I think Helianthus pauciflorus is the correct host plant ID.
… MJ Hatfield, 27 September, 2019 - 8:50am login or register to post comments

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