
- Generally Common / Widespread
- Leaf Miner

Confusion Species: Small Carl (Tischeria dodonaea)
ID pointers: A Leaf-miner – The larva generally feeds on the leaves of oak (Quercus) or sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), forming distinctive flat white blotch mines on the upper-side. The larvae overwinter inside a circular chamber in the mine, and then pupate inside this chamber in late spring. Adults are golden-brown with a yellow forewing dark towards the wing tips.
Distribution: The leaf mine is regularly recorded where there is Oak, so likely to be common but localised in Derbyshire.

IMAGES BELOW: Buxton, Derbyshire – Steve Orridge ©

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