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Ectoedemia minimella

Family: Nepticulidae

35     *     Ectoedemia minimella

Leaf mine photographs on Birch, Betula. September 2011

Wingspan: 5-6mm
Flight time: May-June

Food plants: Birch (Betula) and Hazel (Corylus avellana)
Mine: July-September
Egg is laid on the lower surface. A short, contorted corridor leads to a blotch with disprsed frass. Larva is yellowish with a light brown head. Dark plates can be seen on each segment of the early larva.


Ectoedemia minimella


Ectoedemia minimella


Ectoedemia minimella

Ectoedemia minimella
Leaf mines on Birch, Betula. Inchigeela, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. September 2011

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