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Cosmopteriginae
Mine an irregular gallery on midrib or other large vein with silk lined gallery inside mine, which larva uses as a shelter. From here the mine branches in all directions. Fresh mine yellowish-white, turning brown with age [8-5] Cosmopterix zieglerella 894

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