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Bucculatrix frangutella
Buckthorn Tuft (Goeze, 1783)
Bucculatricidae
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Photo © James Emerson,  22/07/2018 - Weeting Heath

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Elm Tuft
Bucculatrix albedinella
Wingspan: 7-8mm
Flight: June - July.
Foodplant:   Buckthorn, Alder Buckthorn
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Mine: A
Status
Local.
Reasonably common in the Brecks.

Adult moths are hard to separate from B. albedinella

Leaf-mine: August and September.
Distinctive, violet or purple spiral mines.

Recorded in 16 (22%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
05/11/2023+28TL79Cranwich
02/11/2023+28TF70Foulden Common
15/10/2023+28TL79Cranwich
15/10/2023828TL98East Harling
21/09/2023228TF61Blackborough End
16/09/2023+28TF71West Acre
28/08/2023+28TF72Flitcham
24/08/2023+28TL78Weeting Heath
19/08/20232028TL99Lower Stow Bedon
21/07/2023228TL79Cranwich
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