Hym:Tenthredinidae
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Profenusa pygmaea (Klug, 1816)
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the mine can appear as an upper surface blotch

 

iFood Plant: Quercus (Oak)

Mine: Univoltine: summer

Pupa: Outside the mine

Notes: A large, whitish, upper surface blotch (as shown). Often pyriform. Widespread. As the mine ages it can appear as a large brown blotch

Data: 11.vii.2005, Fleet, Hants,VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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