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< Ocnerostoma piniariella

Ypsolopha mucronella >

Ocnerostoma friesei Svensson, 1966

Plain Needle-miner
(Grey Pine Ermel)
16.0240 (B&F: 445)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Yponomeutidae
      »Subfamily: Yponomeutinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 9
Recorded in: 7 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 18 v 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 4Adult: Dissection required

A very rare resident, only split from Ocnerostoma piniariella in 1970 and associated with pine. There have been four records since 1998 both at mv light and also netted. (Pratt, 2011).

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Distribution at 1km scale

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No larval records

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