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White Ermine - 17/5/2026 - Chellaston - Richard Pittam
Scorched Carpet - 4th May 2026 - Belper - Dave Evans
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Lunar Marbled Brown - 17th April 2026 - Chellaston - Richard Pittam
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Luffia lapidella - 4th Jan 2026 - Willington - Will Soar
Coleophora flavipennella - 2nd Jan 2026 - larval case on oak - Calke Park - Graham Finch.
Coleophora flavipennella - 2nd Jan 2026 - larval case on oak - Calke Park - Graham Finch.
Coleophora anatipennella 4th Nov 2025 - Markham Vale North Tip - Mark Radford
Stigmella mespilicola - 24th Aug 2025 - Ladybower Reservoir Car Park - Neil Sherman
Stigmella mespilicola - 24th Aug 2025 - Ladybower Reservoir Car Park - Neil Sherman
Epinotia abbreviana - Kings Newton - 15th July 2019 - Will Soar
Epinotia abbreviana - 19th July 2024 - Buxton - Ian White
Epinotia abbreviana - 19th July 2024 - Buxton - Ian White
Carpatolechia decorella - 16th Dec 2025 - Froggatt - Bryand and Kate Barnacle
Carpatolechia decorella - 16th Dec 2025 - Froggatt - Bryand and Kate Barnacle
Phyllonorycter coryli - 27th Aug 2025 - Ladybower Res - Christian Heintzen - on Hazel (Corylus avellana) > upper surface silvery blister mine (A, B) > early instar larva (B) with triangular-shaped head (a) and dark-barred segments (b)
Stigmella lapponica - 28th Aug 2025 - Glossop, Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen - on Birch (Betula) > long, often angular gallery (A,B) > first part of corridor completely filled with green frass followed by an abrupt transition to a narrow and often interrupted frass-line (A.1, B.1)
Stigmella sakhalinella - 28th Aug 2025 - Glossop, Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen - on Birch (Betula) (A,B) > slender gallery from start to end often starting near leaf edge and tip > mine is broadly filled with coiled frass (a) leaving a narrow, scalloped clear margin (b) > exit slit on upper surface [c]
Stigmella plagicolella - 28th Aug 2025 - Glossop, Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen - On Sloe (Prunus spinosa) (A,B) > first a slender undulating gallery abruptly widening into a blotch > initial frass broad and linear (B.1) leaving a narrow clear margin (a) heaped frass in blotch (b) > larvae in tenanted mines yellow-green with pale brown head (c)
Eriocrania sparrmannella - 28th Aug 2025 -Glossop, Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen - on Birch (Betula) > gallery starting with a yellowish oviposition scar near midrib (a) > gallery abruptly widening into an initially squarish blotch (b) > frass in spaghetti-like threads.
Bucculatrix demaryella - 29th Aug 2025 -Longdendale - Christian Heintzen - On Birch It first creates a narrow, contorted corridor mine on the underside of the leaf, typically along a vein.
It then leaves the mine and feeds externally, creating "windows" on the leaf surface by eating the epidermis.
Eriocrania sparrmannella - 29th Aug 2025 - Longdendale - Christian Heintzen - on Birch (Betula) > gallery starting with a yellowish oviposition scar near midrib (a) > gallery abruptly widening into an initially squarish blotch (b) > frass in sphagetti-like threads ©
Lyonetia clerkella - 6th Sept 2025 - Glossop, Long Clough- Glossop - Christian Heintzen - On Cherry (Prunus) > long slender gallery crossing midrib > egg shell within leaf (checked), > larval chamber at least 3x as long as wide > larva deeply segmented with dark-coloured thoracic legs.
Stigmella nylandriella - 6th Sept 2025 - Glossop Long Clough - Christian Heintzen - on Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) > long sinuous gradually widening gallery along leaf edge > frass initially linear then becoming dispersed/coiled
Stigmella anomalella - 7th Sept 2025 - Glossop Gnat Hole - Christian Heintzen - on Rose (Rosa) (A) > long gallery initially filled with greenish but eventually darkening frass (a), followed by a sharp transition to a variable frass pattern (
Stigmella myrtillella - 12th Sept 2025 - Longdendale - Christian Heintzen - on Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) > contorted gallery initially with broken thick frass line leaving clear margins often developing into a blotch > leaf often turning purple-red around mine > larva yellow with brown head
Stigmella anomalella - 8th Oct 2025 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen - On Rosa - on Rose (Rosa) (A,B) > long gallery initially filled with greenish but eventually darkening frass (a), followed by a sharp transition to a variable frass pattern (b) but always leaving clear margins (c) > exit slit in upper epidermis (d).
Stigmella myrtillella - 10th Oct 2025 - Longdendale - Christian Heintzen - on Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) > contorted gallery initially with broken thick frass line leaving clear margins often developing into a blotch > leaf often turing purple-red around mine
Stigmella hemargyrella - 10th Oct 2025 - Longdendale - Christian Heintzen - on Beech (Fagus sylvatica), (A) > long gallery not constrained by lateral veins, usually starting away from mid rib and moving towards it > frass initially in narrow central line then becoming coiled before become irregular and more centred again (B)
Psychoides filicivora - On Hart's Tongue Fern -21st Oct 2025 - Little Hayfield - Christian Heintzen - on lower surface of Hart’s Tongue (Asplenium scolopendrium) > an untidy heaps of sporangia, occasional feeding on leaf surface > larva with pale brown head and prothoracic plates (a) and colourless anal plate (b)
Lyonetia clerkella - 21st Oct 2025 - Little Hayfield - Christian Heintzen - on Apple (malus)
Stigmella hemargyrella - 21st Oct 2025 - Little Hayfield - Christian Heintzen - on Beech (Fagus sylvatica)
Stigmella aceris -23rd Oct 2025 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen - on Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Phyllonorycter joannisi - 23rd Oct 2025 - Glossop - Christian Heintzen - on Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
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