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15.0115 Caloptilia fidella (Reutti, 1853)
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initial mines and cones o same leaf

 

Food Plant: Humulus lupulus (Hop)

Mine: July; September

Notes: The initial mine is triangular (as shown) then a cone is formed at the leaf edge (as shown). A central European miner found from France to Russia and the Ukraine. First discovered in Suffolk in 2020 and subsequently in Norfolk in 2026

Data: 09.viii.2026, Snetterton, Norfolk, VC28

Image:© John Dothie

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