41 new species of moth described from the Congo's rainforest

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

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