Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
Season (Adult / Immature):
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National Status: None Local Status: Rare and local resident. Local Record: Grade 3 adult, 2 leaf-mine See here for explanation Flight time: May-Jun. Forewing: 3mm. Foodplant: St. John's-wort. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 2006 | 1883 | 1883 | 2002 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2012 | 2010 |
Number of records | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4 | 3 |
Number of individuals | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
Unique positions | 4 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 3 |
Unique locations | 4 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 3 |
Adult records | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Immature records | 3 | 3 | 17 | 4 | 2 |
For the county, we have a total of 33 records from 32 sites. First recorded in 1883.
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Species Account
Most records are of leaf-mines.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded from all five vice-counties. Locally common among St John's-wort.
2013 (CHF):Locally common is still a good description of this species which mines various species of Hypericum, both wild and garden varieties. It is unlikely to be mistaken for any other species. The mine starts as a long narrow gallery with linear frass, traversing the leaf several times before abruptly turning into a large irregular blotch with scattered frass which tends to be concentrated in the centre.
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