Lep:Bucculatricidae
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14.006 Bucculatrix frangutella (Goeze, 1783)
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the initial gallery is a purple spiral around the egg

Food Plant: Rhamnus (Buckthorn), Frangula (Alder Buckthorn).

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: August - September

Notes: The mine starts as a tight spiral, staining leaf-tissue purple.  

National Status: Local

Bradley No: 270

Data: 22.vii.2005, Fleet, Hants,VC12

Image:© Rob Edmunds

Recording category: A

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