Cherry leafminer
Insect
Cherry leafminer
Stigmella slingerlandella (Kearfott)
Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae
Distribution: Reported from MI, OH, and NY.
Photos
Adult is a small, tan-colored moth with a wavy, dark band at the outer third of the forewings.
Jim Nugent, NW MI Hort. Experiment Station
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The adult is a small, bronzy tan-colored moth, with a wavy darkish brown to black band at the outer third of the forewings (A). The larva is an annulated caterpillar that is transparent in the early instars and turns a more opaque greenish white when full grown (B).