![]() Lep:Gelechiidae
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Syncopacma albipalpella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
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Food Plant: Genista anglica (Petty Whin) Egg: unknown Mine: September - June Notes: The leaves are spun together and mined. There is no frass in the mines and the larvae enter through holes they make. The leaves become yellowish in colour (as shown). Very rare and on the verge of extinction in the UK. Data: 2009
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