14.01 BF274  -  Bucculatricidae - Bucculatrix ulmella - Oak Bent-wing
Blue -  Generally Common / Widespread        purple - Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >>  Bucculatricidae Other Name/s: Oak Tuft ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
ID pointers: A tiny moth with an orange tufted head and forewing yellowish white, mottled greyish-brown, with raised blackish scale tufts. Pale buff cilia.
Distribution: Local in the county, wherever there are Oak trees.
Flight Period: May /  June /  July /  August /  September /  October /  -  On the wing May, June & August. Mine Period: July /  September /  October /   - The mine is a short contorted gallery close to the midrib of a leaf, containing broken black frass. Photographed: Yes -  Photographed By: Will Soar  © All Rights Reserved

IMAGES BELOW:  Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar ©

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