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elm (Ulmus)
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Nepticulidae
Mine under bark in small branches, giving vein like appearance along branch [possible two year life cycle] Ectoedemia amani 41a
Mine compressed into gut like arcs [8-9] Stigmella viscerella 95
Frass linear then variable; larvae green, exit hole underside of leaf [8-9] Stigmella ulmivora 80
Frass dispersed, sometimes coiled; larvae yellow, exit hole on top of leaf [7+9-10] Stigmella lemniscella 63
Bucculatricidae
Mine a slender gallery with linear frass leaving clear margins; there are two to four frass free projections from gallery which end abruptly. After leaving mine larva eats out windows from underside of leaf [7-9] Bucculatrix albedinella 271
Mine contorted at start filled with black frass, may double back on itself forming a small blotch. Mine then straightens, often along vein, finally turning away at an angle. After leaving mine larva eats out windows from underside [5-7+8-10] …(In Britain, at present it is found only in Surrey) Bucculatrix ulmifoliae 274a
Gracillariidae    
Mine underside of leaf, subcircular, strongly inflated. Larvae yellow, gut green, pupae in a cocoon usually light green and cigar shaped loosely attached to upper epidermis, often becomes loose when mine opened [7+9-10] Phyllonorycter schreberella 352
Mine underside tubular usually between two veins. Larvae pale whitish green, pupae in an olive green cocoon, remains firmly attached to lower epidermis when mine opened [7+9-10] Phyllonorycter tristrigella 356
   

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