Leaf-miner: CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required - 
Larval Case: C2 - Photo or specimen of larval case/plant required - 
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- Leaf Miner
- difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required. ID pointers: A Leaf-miner – The gallery is filled with a greenish-brown frass. A clear corridor with the egg on the underside of the leaf near a vein. The mine is a long sinuous gallery crossing and turning back on itself. The mine in the photograph is on Rosa (Rose) Adults not often seen but plain bronzy wings, tinged greenish on the inner two-thirds, and slightly reddish towards the tip.
Distribution: (Last record: 30/10/2024 at Belper ) - National Status – Common – Derbyshire status unknown, likely to be a common leaf-mine. Adults are rarely recorded.
Last Recorded Date: 30/10/2024
Last Recorded By: Dave Evans
Last Recorded General Area: Belper
No First Date Information Recorded
IMAGES BELOW: Dave Evans – September 11th 2021 – Wyver Lane, Belper.
Stigmella anomalella on Rose - 30th October 2024 - Wyver Lane - Dave Evans
