Upper Midwest Stem Insect Survey

Stem miner (Undetermined) in Asclepias

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Record no.:0085
Feeding guild:Stem miner
Taxonomy:Order and family undetermined
Stages observed:trace
Hosts in Asclepias:A. incarnata (swamp milkweed)

I found a winding linear mine in the lower portion of a dead stem in winter, the mine having been constructed during the previous growing season while the stem was still alive. There was some indication of a central frass line, suggestive of Marmara sp., but the evidence was insufficient to make a clear identification. The mine appeared to proceed into the crown or belowground parts of the plant.

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