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Stigmella viscerella (Stainton, 1853)
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Food Plant: Ulmus (Elm) Egg: Upper side of leaf Mine: August - September Notes: A gallery contorted, “gut”-shaped. The larva is green (as shown). The fresh frass is reddish in colour and there may be more than one mine in a leaf (as shown). S.lemniscella can make similar mines but the mine is initially in concentric circles, whereas viscerella has a zig-zag initial gallery (as shown). Data: 26.ix.2004, Hayling Island, Hants, VC11, John Langmaid Image:© Rob Edmunds |
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