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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Unidentified Tracks, Sign, and Other Mysteries » Unidentified Signs on Algae, Fungi, and Plants
Photo#965643
Mimosa pod borer / seed feeder
Copyright © 2014 drwbug@aol.com

Mimosa pod borer / seed feeder
Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
July 20, 2014
Size: egg and neonate~ 1mm long
Surface of Mimosa pod with neonate entering pod from within the egg. Larva exited mine below.

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Contributed by drwbug@aol.com on 27 July, 2014 - 11:48am
Last updated 28 January, 2017 - 2:34pm

Moved
Moved from Unidentified Leaf Mines.
… Charley Eiseman, 28 January, 2017 - 2:34pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John F. Carr, 2 September, 2014 - 3:13pm login or register to post comments

The scientific name is Albizi
The scientific name is Albizia julibrissin.
… drwbug@aol.com, 27 July, 2014 - 12:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Have you found any more of these?
There are poorly known gracillariid moths in the subfamily Ornixolinae that are associated with Mimoisoideae, including the recently described Adenogasteria leguminvora (Chile, Peru) which oviposits on the surfaces of pods and the larvae feed in seeds. It's tempting to think this could be something similar (and that this larva that exited the pod was confused).
… Charley Eiseman, 13 May, 2020 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
I have not seen any more of t
I have not seen any more of these.
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