Spotted tentiform leafminer
Insect
Spotted tentiform leafminer
Phyllonorycter blancardella (Fabr.)
Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae
Distribution: Widespread in most fruit-growing states and provinces in eastern North America.
Photos
Similar species is the apple blotch leafminer, which has smaller forewings less heavily marked with white scales.
NY State Ag Experiment Station
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The adult is a tiny beige moth with heavily fringed wings striped with golden brown and white bands (A). Eggs are laid individually on the undersurface of the leaves. The yellowish larva has a dark head and lives inside the leaf (B).