Lep:Nepticulidae
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15.022 Callisto denticulella (Thunberg, 1794)
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makes two folds under the leaf
upper leaf surface

 

Food Plant: Malus (Apple)

Egg: Upper side of leaf

Mine: July-August

Pupa: In folded leaf-edge amongst leaf-litter

Notes: Initially an upper side epidermal gallery leading to a blotch with scattered reddish-brown frass. Subsequently two or three successive folds at the edge of a leaf (as shown).

Data: 30.vii.2022, Downham Market, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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