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- Rare / Uncommon / Scarce 
- Leaf Miner
- care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely - quality photographs required. Confusion Species: Oxypteryx atrella & O. immaculatella in addition similar species (adults) Bryotropha affinis has a bristle (pecten hair) at base of antenna which is absent in A. anthyllidella . Also consider Eulamprotes immaculatella and Syncopacma albipapella if specimens are not reared from larvae on an appropriate food plant.
ID pointers: Wings rest roof-like. Forewing blackish or dark greyish-brown, faintly speckled greyish and usually with a yellow spot two thirds along costa and sometimes a smaller one opposite on the dorsum. Always a thin blackish line in the cilia.
Distribution: (First record: 02/06/2021 ) - (Last record: 31/07/2024 at Cromford ) - Uncertain in the county. only two records since 1977 and only about a dozen records in all.
*** Last updated on 10 March 2025 by RP ***
Last Recorded Date: 31/07/2024
Last Recorded By: Clive Ashton
Last Recorded General Area: Cromford
First Recorded Date: 02/06/2021
IMAGES BELOW: Belper, Derbyshire – Dave Evans ©
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