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Stigmella zelleriella (Snellen, 1875)
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Food Plant: Salix repens (Creeping Willow) Egg: underside of leaf Mine: June-July; September-October Notes: A short gallery, almost filled with frass, which usually follows the leaf edge then becomes a blotch, with dispersed frass, and occupying half the leaf (as shown). The vacated mines appear black. A rare miner in the UK, restricted to coastal sand dunes in south-east England and Kent. The larva is yellow to brownish yellow. National Status: pRDB1 Bradley No: 71 Data: 2011, Kent, VC15 Image:© Tony Davis |
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