Much of the Congo's biodiversity remains to be discovered - a recent expedition discovered 41 previously unrecorded species of leaf-mining moth. Read more about it here:
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/leaf-mining.html#cr
http://www.wildlifeextra.com/go/news/leaf-mining.html#cr
The photos below show leaf-mines created by two of the more common species of leaf-mining moths resident in the British Isles. Both species here fed on the leaves of bramble (Rubus).
A leaf-mine created by the larva of Stigmella aurella |
A leaf-mine created by the larva of Emmetia marginea |
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