Species Account
Distribution
Summary Data
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National Status: Common Local Status: Rare and local resident. Local Record: Grade 4 adult, 2 leaf-mine See here for explanation Flight time: Forewing: 5mm. Foodplant: Rowan, Whitebeam and sometimes Apple. |
Regional breakdown:
VC61 | VC62 | VC63 | VC64 | VC65 | |
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Year first recorded | 2007 | 1859 | 2010 | 1883 | 1883 |
Year last recorded | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2009 | 1883 |
Number of records | 2 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 |
Number of individuals | 2 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 0 |
Unique positions | 2 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
Unique locations | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 1 |
Adult records | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Immature records | 1 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
For the county, we have a total of 23 records from 22 sites. First recorded in 1859.
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Species Account
Most records are of leaf-mines.
Similar species: 0305 Parornix scoticella.
Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Locally fairly common and quite widespread but there is no record from VC61.
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