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4.020 Stigmella paradoxa (Frey, 1858)
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central frass

 

Food Plant: Crataegus (Hawthorn)

Egg: Underside of leaf at the tip of a lobe

Mine: June - early August

Notes: A blotch mine is formed on the on leaf-lobe with central frass (as shown).

Data: 10.vii.2021, Sapcote, Leicestershire, VC55

Image:© Graham Calow

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