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Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa The mine starts out narrow, but expands into a huge, white blotch.<br /> <br /> Host: Oak (Quercus sp.)<br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107838/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html" title="Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/107838_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1656547210&Signature=tuG1G7ASWeow%2BTxV0cd1uyxz2zo%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa The mine starts out narrow, but expands into a huge, white blotch.<br /> <br /> Host: Oak (Quercus sp.)<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107836/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107837/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html Acrocercops strigosa,Geotagged,Summer,United States" /></a></figure><br /> <figure class="photo"><a href="https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107837/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html" title="Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa"><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/media.jungledragon.com/images/3232/107837_thumb.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=05GMT0V3GWVNE7GGM1R2&Expires=1656547210&Signature=zrxWMrgTeBTStDnd8XsETIqPxHM%3D" width="200" height="134" alt="Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa The mine starts out narrow, but expands into a huge, white blotch.<br /> <br /> Host: Oak (Quercus sp.)<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107838/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107836/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html Acrocercops strigosa,Geotagged,Summer,United States" /></a></figure> Acrocercops,Acrocercops strigosa,Geotagged,Gracillariidae,Summer,United States,leaf mine,leaf miner,leafminer,linear blotch mine Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa

The mine starts out narrow, but expands into a huge, white blotch.

Host: Oak (Quercus sp.)

Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa The mine starts out narrow, but expands into a huge, white blotch.<br /> <br /> Host: Oak (Quercus sp.)<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107836/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107837/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html Acrocercops strigosa,Geotagged,Summer,United States

Linear Blotch Leaf Mine - Acrocercops strigosa The mine starts out narrow, but expands into a huge, white blotch.<br /> <br /> Host: Oak (Quercus sp.)<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107838/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html<br /> https://www.jungledragon.com/image/107836/linear_blotch_leaf_mine_-_acrocercops_strigosa.html Acrocercops strigosa,Geotagged,Summer,United States

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Amazing that you manage to identify these! Posted one year ago
    1. View Christine Young's profile
      Christine Young
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      I agree! I figured out the ID and got it confirmed. But, it's all thanks to the internet and people like Charley Eiseman. I would be clueless without the knowledge shared by others! Posted one year ago

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The Acrocercops strigosa

''Acrocercops strigosa'' is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from Quebec and the United States .

The larvae feed on oak (Quercus sp.). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a white gallery, which suddenly expands into a very large whitish blotch.

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
Species identified by Christine Young
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By Christine Young

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Uploaded Jan 25, 2021. Captured Jul 4, 2020 21:59 in 91 Main St, Sharon, CT 06069, USA.
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  • Canon EOS 90D
  • f/5.6
  • 1/197s
  • ISO640
  • 100mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.

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