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365 Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel, 1843)
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the pupa is a white cocoon

 

Food Plant: Populus alba (White Poplar), Populus canescens (Grey Poplar)

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: July, September-October

Notes: An underside mine, with few creases and causing little leaf distortion. Some mottling of the upper leaf surface may be caused. The pupa has a pale cremaster and is in a white cocoon (as shown).

Data: 13.x.2007, Greywell, Hants, VC12, Paul Boswell, Rob Edmunds, Tim Norriss

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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