Leaf miner from American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) and other Castanea sps. from Long Island, New York
The sequences in this study belong to leaf miner species sampled as part of a survey of leafmining taxa known to utilize Castanea spp. These surveys were done to determine which leaf- and stem-mining species are still present in two remnant patches of C. dentata on Long Island, New York. In addition, one of our field sites contains plantings of 7 other Castanea spp. including non-natives, which allows us to assess the ability of non-native members of the genus to host native leafmining species that formerly exploited C. dentata. We used the sequences part of this submission to confirm via barcoding taxonomic assignments done morphologically