Leaf mines and leaf miners

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GYÖRGY CSÓKA
Forest Research Institute

Cosmopterix scribaiella Zeller
Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae

Univoltine (VIII-IV.). Host is Phragmites australis. The mines running between two veins are straight and transparent. Regularly quite a few mines can be found on one leaf. The light green larva overwinters and later pupates within the mine. Central European species.

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