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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Twirler Moths (Gelechiidae) » Dichomeridinae » Dichomeris
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Leigh Farm Park leaf damage on Symphyotrichum patens 2020 1.1 - Dichomeris
Copyright © 2020 Tracy S. Feldman

Leigh Farm Park leaf damage on Symphyotrichum patens 2020 1.1 - Dichomeris
Leigh Farm Park, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
May 19, 2020
I didn't think this was a miner when I first collected it, but now I do--the mine has lengthened, and there appears to be a long lep-like larva in it. This reminds me of Cosmopterix??

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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 20 May, 2020 - 9:54pm
Last updated 27 May, 2020 - 8:45pm

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Okay, not a Landryia. I think this will turn out to be a Dichomeris, based on the habits and the appearance of the larva. These aren't really known to start out as leafminers, but I'm working on rearing another apparent Dichomeris that started from a similar mine on Rudbeckia.
… Charley Eiseman, 27 May, 2020 - 8:45pm login or register to post comments

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