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Basswood Leafminer

Baliosus nervosus

1,328 observations in the source records

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28 photos

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 9, February 9, March 14, April 28, May 54, June 55, July 38, August 25, September 18, October 15, November 9, December 8.
United States1,017
Canada316
Ontario225
New York175
Massachusetts118
North Carolina78
Texas62
Quebec56
Virginia49
Maryland39

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLeaf Beetles · Chrysomelidae
GenusBaliosus

Sources

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