Lep:Nepticulidae
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4.028 Stigmella minusculella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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may be many mines in a leaf

 

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: June-July, August-September

Notes: Initially a long slender gallery, which then widens and the frass remains linear. In thick leaves the frass may become coiled. The larva is green.

Data: 29.ix.2015, St.Ives, Huntingdonshire, VC31

Image:© Barry Dickerson

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