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Bucculatrix bechsteinella
Hawthorn Tuft (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805)
Bucculatricidae
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Photo © Dave Appleton,  06/06/2015 - Cranwich Heath - male (gen det)

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Oak Tuft
Bucculatrix ulmella
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Flight: May - June
Foodplant:   Hawthorn, Pear, Wild Service-tree, Rowan, Apple
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Mine: L
Status
Widespread.

Flies in evening sunshine. One of the less distinctive Bucculatrix species.

Leaf-mine: July -August.
Short, contorted gallery mine.

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 37 (50%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
23/11/2023128TF70Oxborough / Foulden Common
23/11/2023227TG10Wymondham
02/11/2023+28TF70Foulden Common
28/10/2023+28TF63Ken Hill Wood / Snettisham
15/10/2023128TL79Cranwich
14/09/2023228TF70Boughton / Stoke Ferry
11/08/2023127TG14Sheringham / Beeston
10/08/2023128TF72Grimston
10/08/2023128TF92North Elmham
10/08/2023+27TM09Spooner Row
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