Stilbosis ostryaeella, the ironwood leafminer moth, is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It was described by Vactor Tousey Chambers in 1874. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Quebec, Ontario, Illinois, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Kentucky, Ohio, Arkansas and Florida.[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Cosmopterigidae |
| Genus: | Stilbosis |
| Species: | S. ostryaeella
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| Stilbosis ostryaeella (Chambers, 1874)
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Adults have been recorded on wing from May to August.
The larvae feed on Ostrya virginiana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is created between two lateral veins. It has the form of a blotch-like mine. Full-grown larvae leave the mine and drop to the ground where pupation takes place in a silken cocoon, spun amongst litter. The species overwinters in the pupal stage.[3]
References
edit- ^ Stilbosis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Moth Photographers Group at Mississippi State University
- ^ Insects of Eastern Forests
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- Arctiidae genus list at Butterflies and Moths of the World of the Natural History Museum