Leaf-miner: CAT R - Moth will need to be reared and possibly dissected - 
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- Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data 
- Leaf Miner
- difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.Confusion Species: Trifurcula squamatella, Leucoptera spartifoliella
ID pointers: A very small, and one of the palest looking Nepticulid, with grey-white/ buff ground colour with dark-tipped scales, slightly darker mottling and yellowish head with white eyecaps
Distribution: Uncertain due to insufficient data – 1 record prior to 2010 – no further recent records
The larva mines not in leaves, but under the bark of twigs of broom. The mine is visible as a dark gallery, but is easily confused with the similar mine of Leucoptera spartifoliella.
*** Last updated on 18 February 2025 by TD ***
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