Lep:Nepticulidae
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34 Ectoedemia occultella (Linnaeus, 1767)
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there may be several mines in aleaf

 

Food Plant: Betula (Birch)           

Egg: Lower surface of the leaf

Mine: August - October

Notes: A dark blotch mine initially, later with pale edges. The larva is pale yellowish white, with a pale brown head. Dark ventral plates are seen in second and third instar larvae

Data: Yorkshire

Image:© Charles Fletcher

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