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Family Gracillariidae, Caloptilia sp.
A leaf miner is the larva of an insect that lives in and eats the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths (Lepidoptera), sawflies (Symphyta) and flies (Diptera), though beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior. (Wikipedia). Last photo of this series shows a leaf that was attacked by a larva of a moth like this one. Note how it is thin at the starting (in the right side of the photo), and widens as the larva makes its way through the leaf.
Spotted on Oct 10, 2013
Submitted on Oct 10, 2013
4 Comments
Thank you Cindy.
Wow, that moth has nice legs! :) Great series as always, Sergio!
Thank you Maria.
Nice series!