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Gracillariidae, on Willow - Caloptilia stigmatella

Gracillariidae, on Willow - Caloptilia stigmatella
Saylorville WMA, Boone County, Iowa, USA
July 22, 2021
July 22, 2021: moth in rearing jar

The rest of the story:
July 7, 2021: sawfly larvae collected on Willow, Salix sp., and adjacent Cottonwood, Populus deltoides, by M. Leoschke.


As often happens when Mark collects insect larvae on native plants (and extra host plants), there is more in the collection that originally thought.
July 13, 2021: Gray Furcula larva

and Viceroy larva

July 17, 2021: spent Willow leaf mine.

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