6.003 .... B&F 0154 |
Heliozela sericiella (Haworth, 1828) | ||
Status .....More often recorded as evidence of larval feeding damage at the base of Oak leaves. The larva creates a gall in the leaf petiole and midrib, before cutting out an oval hole in the leaf. Presently seems confined to the Sherwood Forest area of Nottinghamshire. | ||
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Photographed at Lound Wood May 2007 | Larval gall, photographed at Nettleworth Manor September 2011 | |
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Heliozela sericiella |
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