Figures 42-49 from: Pereira C, Silva D, Vargas H, Moreira G (2018) Description of immature stages and natural history of Stigmella schinivora (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), a leaf-miner associated with the Brazilian peppertree. Zoologia 35: 1-11. https://doi.org/10.3897/zoologia.35.e24485

Figures 42-49 Natural history of Stigmellaschinivora on Schinusterebinthifolius: (42) host-plant leaf bearing leaf mine on the adaxial surface of a foliole (indicated by closed arrow); (43) general view of leaf mine on foliole, showing last instar larva seen through transparence (arrow points to empty egg, and letters indicate position of histological sectioning (treated in Figs 50, 51); (44) empty egg chorium in detail; (45) dissected mine at the final portion, showing last instar larva; (46) exit hole, used by a last instar larva to leave the mine; (47) pupal cocoon adhered to abaxial leaf surface; (48) pupa in detail, after removal of the cocoon, ventral; (49) adult on the leaf, dorsal view. Scale bars: 10, 1, 0.2, 0.5, 0.15, 0.5, 0.5, and 0.5 mm, respectively.