


- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant
- Migrant
- Leaf Miner

Confusion Species: Caloptilia hemidactylella
ID pointers: A characteristic resting pose, with the body raised on the front legs. Forewing a reddish-brown with a pale yellow or whitish triangular costal blotch
Distribution: (Last record: 31/07/2024 at Norton Lees ) - A new species to the VC57 & Derbyshire, when one was trapped overnight on 31st July 2024 at Norton Lees, Sheffield by Pete Mella. An immigrant, colonist and a new resident species in Britain, that is spreading, with the first British record in 2017. Very similar to Caloptilia hemidactylella, this specimen was confirmed by Gen Det. It is now regarded that all Acer feeding caloptilia species require dissection to separate yellow banded summer broods. [C.W. Plant (2022) Ent. Rec. 134].
Last Recorded Date: 31/07/2024
Last Recorded By: Pete Mella
Last Recorded General Area: Norton Lees
No First Date Information Recorded
IMAGES BELOW: Norton Lees, Sheffield, Derbyshire – Pete Mella ©

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