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Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Alnus serrulata D2500 2020 1.1 - Caloptilia glutinella

Lake Aberdeen leaf miner on Alnus serrulata D2500 2020 1.1 - Caloptilia glutinella
Lake Aberdeen, Moore County, North Carolina, USA
July 26, 2020
Caloptilia--at least one occupied leaf roll...

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Moved
Moved from Caloptilia.

The adult I reared from SA1818 seems like a perfect match for C. glutinella, and I think this must be the same thing. There is a record from Virginia from just a few years after the species was described, and by the person who described it (Ely, 1918 vs. 1915), so it makes sense for it to be in NC too.

 
Thanks for the update
interesting

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

Nice! Caloptilia glutinella is the only known North American alder feeder that remotely resembles this one, but I'm not entirely convinced this is that species. This looks similar to the one you've found on Betula nigra, except that one has a yellow head and thorax and this one doesn't seem to.

 
Cool! I have one other cocoo
Cool! I have one other cocoon from Alnus, but the adult has not yet emerged. I have only one cocoon from Betula (after **lots** of collections including several larvae), and it is unclear if an adult will emerge from it.

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