Ectoedemia subbimaculella (Spotted Black Pigmy) - Norfolk Micro Moths

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Ectoedemia subbimaculella

Spotted Black Pigmy

(Haworth, 1828)

38 / 4.090

Norfolk status
Widespread.
Distictive moth with two creamy spots and basal patch on a violet-tinged blackish forewing.
Larvae mine oak creating a triangular blotch. Often found in fallen leaves where the presence of the mine creates a 'green island'.
Leaf-mine: October-December.

Verification Grade Comment: Underside epidermal slit must be shown

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 45 (65%) of 69 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2019.
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Determination

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Latest 5 Records
Date	#	VC	10k Area
09/11/2019	+	28	TF81 - Castle Acre/Litcham
30/10/2019	+	27	TG31 - Horning/Hoveton
23/10/2019	+	27	TG04 - Blakeney/Cley
06/05/2019	1	28	TL79 - Methwold/Foulden
22/11/2018	+	27	TM39 - Loddon/Ditchingham

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Wingspan:	5-6 mm.
Season:	June to July
Foodplant:	Oak.
Nat Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: - Mine: L

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Further info: Ectoedemia subbimaculella

	British Leafminers
	UK Moths
	Suffolk Moths
	Essex Field Club
	Hants Moths
	Dorset Moths
	Northumberland Moths
	Somerset Moth Group
	Yorkshire Moths
	Svenska fjarilar
	Lepiforum.de
	NBN Atlas
	Historic UK Distribution (pre 2013)
	Moth Dissection UK

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