35.036 BF747  –  Gelechiidae –  Apatetrinae – Chrysoesthia sexguttella – Orange-spotted Miner – (Thunberg, 1794) Adult Micro:  CAT 2 – Confusion Species –       Leaf-miner:  CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black – Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data        purple – Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Gelechiidae  >> Apatetrinae
** This moth species page is currently incomplete **
ID Difficulty:  green  – easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.
Distribution:  (Last record: 30 October 2025 at Kings Newton )  –  Uncertain – very few records reported but all from Sawley area- 1982-83 Sawley / Leaf mine Sawley 8.7. 2020 Leaf Mines discovered at Kings Newton on Quinoa 30/9/2025
General Comment: None
Flight Period: May /  June /  July /  August –  2 flight periods May-June and again in August Mine Period:  September
Mine Period Additional: None.
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – occasionally attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Will Soar (Leaf Mine)  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 7 November 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 8-10mm
Food Plant: Quinoa, orache (Atriplex), and goosefoot (Chenopodium)
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Will Soar
Last Recorded General Area – Kings Newton

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Kings Newton – Leaf Mines on quinoa – 30/9/2025 – Will Soar©



Distribution Map for Chrysoesthia sexguttella

Found 1 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 1 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Chrysoesthia sexguttella

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Note – the NBN Atlas datasets are listed in the map below and vary in their currency (uptodateness) – however, the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.

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Monthly Records By Year: Chrysoesthia sexguttella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
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Monthly Counts By Year: Chrysoesthia sexguttella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Chrysoesthia sexguttella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Chrysoesthia sexguttella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Chrysoesthia sexguttella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Chrysoesthia sexguttella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Chrysoesthia sexguttella – 1 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Sawley, Notts.SK43Q08/07/202010leafminevc57_irecords_extract

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