Leaf mines and leaf miners

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GYÖRGY CSÓKA
Forest Research Institute

Messa nana Klug
Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae

Males are very rare. It has one (or possibly two) generation(s). Host are the Betula species. The females lay egg on the margin of the leaf, therefore the mine always begins from the margin. Native to most of Europe and Central Asia, and was accidentally introduced to North America.

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