Lep:Eriocraniidae
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7 Eriocrania chrysolepidella (Zeller, 1851)
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larva in mine

Food Plant: Corylus avellana (Hazel) and Carpinus betulus (Hornbeam)     

Mine: April - May

Notes: A very local species, making a typical blotch mine in the leaf. Mine shown (with larva) on Hornbeam

Data: 28.iv.2009, Hadleigh, Suffolk, VC25

Image:© Tony Prichard

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