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747 Chrysoesthia sexguttella (Thunberg, 1794)
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large blotch mines are formed

 

Food Plant: Chenopodium (Goosefoot), Atriplex (Orache).

Mine: July, August - September

Pupa: On the ground in detritus

Notes: A large, whitish blotch sometimes occupying most or all of the leaf. The frass is mostly ejected from the mine

Data: 22.viii.2001, Amsterdam,The Netherlands

Image:© Willem Ellis

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