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Ectoedemia subbimaculella
Photo © Patrick Clement,  Ex mine on Quercus, 30.10.24., Comer Wood, Shropshire. Emerged indoors 4.4.25.

Ectoedemia subbimaculella Ectoedemia subbimaculella

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Ectoedemia subbimaculella

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Ectoedemia subbimaculella

(Haworth, 1828)38 / 4.090

Common resident.

Mines the leaves of Qurcus spp. with larva feeding in October/November. In a narrow gallery leading to a blotch, usually in the angle between the midrib and a vein. Larval head blackish-brown, and larva ejecting frass through a slit in the lower epidermis of the mine. Often many mines in a leaf.

Verification Grade Comment: Underside epidermal slit must be shown

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 74 (53%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1869.
Last Recorded in 2024.
(Data up to end 2024)
Additional Stats

Wingspan: 5-6mm
Flight: June / July
Foodplant:   Oak
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: -  Mine: L
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Latest 5 Records (data up to end 2024)
Date#VC10k Area
17/11/20241VC39 - StaffordshireSK22 -
03/11/2024+VC39 - StaffordshireSK22 -
24/10/2024+VC36 - HerefordshireSO74 -
23/10/20242VC39 - StaffordshireSO89 -
22/10/2024+VC37 - WorcestershireSO76 -
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