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Ding Darling leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula D3436 2021 1.1 - Stilbosis
Copyright © 2021 Tracy S. Feldman

Ding Darling leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula D3436 2021 1.1 - Stilbosis
Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge, Lee County, Florida, USA
December 30, 2021
this one is Stilbosis--it seemed like a recent mine, but I probably still missed it. I saw no others like it.

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Ding Darling leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula D3436 2021 1.1 - Stilbosis Ding Darling leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula D3436 2021 2.1 - Stilbosis Ding Darling leaf miner on Piscidia piscipula D3436 2021 3.1 - Stilbosis
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Contributed by Tracy S. Feldman on 30 December, 2021 - 8:37pm
Last updated 2 February, 2022 - 11:14am

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.

A parasitoid just emerged from one of the mines, but I just found an intact moth pupa in the crumpled-up tissue...
… Charley Eiseman, 2 February, 2022 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
Wow!! That is great news. I
Wow!! That is great news. I hope there's a chance the adult could emerge... But if the adult never comes out, is it possible (or useful) to keep it for barcoding purposes? I have no idea if barcoding is possible in this group...
… Tracy S. Feldman, 2 February, 2022 - 12:26pm login or register to post comments

 
It is certainly possible
but perhaps unlikely that it is a species that has been barcoded.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 February, 2022 - 12:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Adult
Terry Harrison just dissected the adult that emerged. It is a male, and it does not match any described North American species. There are other Stilbosis species described from the Neotropics without host information, so those will have to be checked to make sure it is truly undescribed.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 April, 2022 - 7:02am login or register to post comments

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