Lep:Eriocraniidae
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8 Eriocrania unimaculella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
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larva in mine

Food Plant: Food Plant: Betula (Birch)

Mine: April - May

Notes: The mine starts at or near the leaf edge and widens to a blotch with frass in long threads. The final instar larva has a dark brown head, with pronounced rear projections on the head capsule (as shown)

Data: 29.iv.2009, Fleet, Hants, VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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