Food Plant: Geranium sylvaticum (Wood Cranesbill)

Mine: (assumed bivoltine) spring, late summer

Notes: Mines formed on this host which are identical to those of Fenella minuta (Hering, 1957), which is unnown in the UK at present. A very rare species in the UK with records from Yorkshire, Speyside and Lothian

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References:
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