Phyllocnistis on pond apple (Annona glabra)

This one's a Florida specialty: entirely linear mines on either the upper or lower surface of pond apple (Annona glabra) leaves. This is another one that should be pretty easy to rear, because pupation is within the leaf. I recommend waiting to collect until the pupal chamber has been formed; this is often at the edge of the leaf, where it causes a small fold.

Is it an undescribed species or a new host for one that already has a name, like P. liriodendronella? We won't know until someone rears adults (or, maybe, gets a DNA barcode from a larva). Here are all the observations I've seen of these mines:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/40606429
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/42683330
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45007606
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45007608
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53064418
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/93788136
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/172311718
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/175384725
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196317320
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/201302859
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204668219
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204937719
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204939544

Posted on March 7, 2024 03:01 PM by ceiseman