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Posted by Iolaire on 25-09-2007 14:23

Hi there!

Another miner. This one I found on one of my appletrees (Malus sp). I've been searching on the internet (bladmineerders.nl, a.o.) but I'm still in the dark here.

Anyone any suggestions?

Cheers!

2 photo's : 2 (different) species??
waarneming.nl/fotonew/4/227314.jpg

Posted by jorgemotalmeida on 25-09-2007 23:34

as Tony said: it is very improbable to find agromyzids galleries on leaves of fruit trees. Maybe some kind of Lepidoptera? Or another order...

Posted by Tony Irwin on 26-09-2007 00:02

The form of this mine fits Apple Leaf Miner, Lyonetia clerkella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), quite well.

Posted by Juergen Peters on 26-09-2007 01:06

Hello!

Tony Irwin wrote:
The form of this mine fits Apple Leaf Miner, Lyonetia clerkella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), quite well.

Before pupation the caterpillars of this species spin very peculiar webs. These from two days ago on a cherry tree were identified as Lyonetia clerkella, too:

http://insektenfo...ntid=25014
http://insektenfo...ntid=25015
http://insektenfo...ntid=25016

Posted by Iolaire on 26-09-2007 08:12

jorgemotalmeida wrote:
as Tony said: it is very improbable to find agromyzids galleries on leaves of fruit trees.

Improbable maybe, but not impossible. I found several examples of Diptera miners on (fruit)tree-leafs on the incredible site www.bladmineerders.nl. Phytomyza heringiana is one of them, found on (a.o.) Malus sp.

The form of this mine fits Apple Leaf Miner, Lyonetia clerkella (Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae), quite well.

I agree, but when I look at the pictures J?rgen refers to, I'm not sure. I haven't seen such peculiar weblike structures on the leafs of my appletree!

I'm still a bit in the dark here.... Help me?!