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Bohemannia pulverosella
Dusty Apple Pigmy
Wingspan 6 to 7 mm. Adults are dull brownish with a speckled appearance, especially noticeable near the wingtips. They have a yellowish head and whitish eyecaps. The larvae create a distinctive blotch mine in the leaves of Apple. The larva cuts an exit hole on the underside of the leaf, which distinguishes the mine from that of Ectoedemia atricollis.
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Leafmine: Unless identified by a recognised expert, a photo is required. If the photo doesn't show the key ID features then in the comments box describe the size and identifying characters you have observed.
Where Apple is present.
The adults fly in May. Leafmine can be seen during June and July.
Believed to be fairly frequent and widespread in Britain, but under recorded due to its small size and difficulty of identification. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. Usually recorded from the leafmines on Apple.
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Species profile
- Common names
- Dusty Apple Pigmy
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Nepticulidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 21
- First record:
- 26/06/2019 (Timms, Sue)
- Last record:
- 24/07/2023 (Nicholls, David)
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