dogwood
(Cornus)
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| Heliozelidae | |
| Mine
starts as a short gallery along leaf edge, abruptly changing
to a blotch, finally the larva cuts out an oval hole 5.5 to 7mm along the longer axis. N.B. before the egg is laid the female makes several ‘practice’ slits, which helps to separate this from the following species [7-8] |
Antispila metallella 158 |
| Mine
as above, but oval hole in blade of leaf measuring 4 to 5.5mm
along the longer Axis. There are no ‘practice’ slits at the egg site [8-10] |
Antispila treitschkiella 159 |
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