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Betula miner - Agromyza alnibetulae-maybe

Betula miner - Agromyza alnibetulae-maybe
Rock Dunder, Leeds & Grenville, Ontario, Canada
June 16, 2012
on Betula papyrifera

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Moved from Leaf Miner Flies.
Ah-- I thought I remembered leaving that same comment before...

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Hmm...
This doesn't match anything I know about. The frass pattern is highly suggestive of Agromyzidae. It could be that you've found Agromyza alnibetulae, known only from Europe. The only other known birch leaf-mining agromyzid is Agromyza betulae from Japan. Definitely worth looking for more of these this spring!

 
Very cool! If I come across
Very cool! If I come across more, I will try to rear them out.

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