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Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hübner, [1813])

Broom Stem-miner
(Broom Bent-wing)
21.0050 (B&F: 256)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
    »Family: Lyonetiidae
      »Subfamily: Cemiostominae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 2
Recorded in: 2 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 08 x 2023
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species
Mine: Leaf or good photograph required
Notes: Photo must include the start of the mine

Just three colonies of this species have been recorded - at Hastings (1888), Ditchling Common (1976) and Ninfield (1988). Elsewhere adults fly during June and July. (Pratt, 2011)

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