Species Account
Distribution
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National Status: Local Local Status: Rare and very local resident. Local Record: Grade 4 See here for explanation Flight time: Apr-mid May Forewing: 3-4mm. Foodplant: Oak. |
Regional breakdown:
| VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | |
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| Year first recorded | 1992 | 1859 | 1883 | 1999 |
| Year last recorded | 1992 | 1984 | 2013 | 2005 |
| Number of records | 1 | 3 | 10 | 3 |
| Number of individuals | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 |
| Unique positions | 1 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Unique locations | 1 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Adult records | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Immature records | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 17 records from 15 sites. First recorded in 1859.
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Species Account
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Widely distributed and common in vice-counties 62 and 63. Also recorded from VC64 but not from either VC61 or VC65.
2013 (CHF): Local in the south of the county. Adults can found flying round the lower branches of oaks in the daytime and rarely stray far from their foodplant. The larva makes a gall in the petiole or midrib then moves a short distance into the blade where it forms an oval cutout measuring from 4 x 2mm to 5 x 3mm, usually but not always at the base of the leaf.
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