Species Account

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Distribution

Summary Data

Season (Adult / Immature):

National Status: Common

Local Status: Uncommon and local resident.

Local Record: Grade 3 See here for explanation

Flight time: Jul, and Sep-Oct, hibernates through to following Spring.

Forewing: 7-8mm.

Foodplant: Birch.

IMPORTANT - Please note that the maps and accounts are provisional, subject to change and further update. The whole dataset still needs to go through the final verification process and it is likely that a very small number of records will not satisfy the present requirements and there are other records that have not been formally submitted. The information is for guidance only.

Record breakdown:

	VC9	VC11	Region
Year first recorded	1967	1993	1967
Year last recorded	2010	2010	2010
Number of records	38	7	90
Number of individuals	31	7	76
Unique positions	28	5	66
Unique locations	24	5	58
Adult records	26	5	62
Immature records	11	2	26

For the region, we have a total of 90 records from 58 sites. Earliest record on file is in 1967.

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Species Account

Similar species: 0282 Caloptilia elongella.

For further information refer UK Moths.
Some records are of leafmines/rolls. Refer leafmines.co.uk.

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