Family: Nepticulidae 34     *     Ectoedemia occultella Identification needs confirming Photographs: Leaf mine on Birch (Betula). August 2011 Wingspan: 5-7mm Flight time: May-July Food plant: Birch (Betula) Mine: August-October Egg on lower surface. The mine is an often roundish, upper surface blotch with a conspicuous dark centre. Pale edges to the blotch develop later. There is no preceeding corridor.

Ectoedemia occultella
Leaf mine on Birch, Betula. Glengarriff, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. August 2011