leaf mine - Stigmella populetorum

Moved

Moved from rosaefoliella species group.
Erik J. van Nieukerken believes, based on DNA evidence, that these two species are synonymous.

… Charley Eiseman, 2 May, 2013 - 8:09am

Update

Erik now acknowledges S. aromella is distinct, but so far it seems to be a more northern species (described from Ontario, and I reared some adults in northern VT), so I think this placement is still reasonable.

… Charley Eiseman, 28 October, 2015 - 10:17am

Moved

Moved from Stigmella.

… Charley Eiseman, 12 December, 2011 - 10:30pm

Moved

Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines. Either Stigmella populetorum or S. aromella, as described on p. 340. It's gratifying to see that you were able to use my book to reach that conclusion. I got that information from illustrations and descriptions in Wilkinson and Scoble (1979... see p. 547 for full citation). I think if there was any clear way to distinguish the mines of these two species I would have mentioned it.

… Charley Eiseman, 6 August, 2010 - 11:45am

your book

I use your book all the time now that I have it! I read it all the way through.

… Joe Zito, 6 August, 2010 - 6:40pm

Moved

Moved from Frass. Let's let it sit here for a bit.

… John R. Maxwell, 24 July, 2010 - 11:09pm

Frassed

Moved from ID Request.

… Joe Zito, 24 July, 2010 - 9:25pm

Why Frass?

… John R. Maxwell, 24 July, 2010 - 10:25pm

I remembered that in Charley Eisemans book, he mentioned two linear blotch miners that he describes as "virtually identical" and make similar mines in poplar leaves. But now that I have looked again, I noticed that they are both in the genus Stigmella, so maybe I should move this to genus level?

… Joe Zito, 24 July, 2010 - 11:01pm

I can't help

with the ID (other than looking in his book too) but we don't have anything IDed past genus in Stigmella and we have NO MINES only adults. So if the ID is correct YES!!

… John R. Maxwell, 24 July, 2010 - 11:04pm

cottonwood leaf miner

Well, there is also a moth called the cottonwood leaf miner, but I can't find pictures of its mines, or of the mines of Stigmella in cottonwood for that matter.

… Joe Zito, 24 July, 2010 - 11:05pm