Mystery Leaf Mines

Any help with these will be much appreciated. Email: ceiseman(AT)gmail(DOT)com

1. Massachusetts, 9/25/2007 - Trumpet mine on red oak.

2. Massachusetts, 9/30/2007 - I believe this was a black cherry leaf. I'm especially curious about this one--did the larvae make cases, similar to those of Paraclemensia acerifoliella?.

3. Pelham, MA, 6/29/2007 - Blotch mine on leatherwood (Dirca palustris).

4. Burlington, VT, 10/18/2007 - Branching mines on an apple leaf.

5. Massachusetts, 9/19/2007 - Blotch mines on American beech.

6. Burlington, VT, 10/10/2007 - Blotch mine on black locust leaflet--view from below and above.

7. Chesterfield, NH, 9/16/2007 - Maybe not technically a mine. This larva stitches together two white oak leaves and feeds on both leaves without chewing all the way through. I've seen the same thing on other oaks and on beech--maybe one species that feeds on Fagaceae in general?

8. Mine in (organic) orange from grocery store--not sure whether it came from FL or CA.

9. Massachusetts, 7/26/2007 - Linear mine in raspberry leaf.

10. Massachusetts, 8/2/2007 - Mine in wild sarsaparilla leaf.

11. Massachusetts, 9/28/2007 - Blotch mine on sugar maple leaf.

12. Brunswick, GA, 2/15/2008 - Frass-filled blotch mine on fuzzy underside of shiny leaf--maybe some kind of magnolia?

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