| Another leafminer on the move northwards through the UK over the past 
		few years. It was first recorded in Nottinghamshire by Steve Mathers at 
		Stanton-on-the-wolds in September 2021 and recent surveys targetting the 
		moth, quickly proved it to be widespread and already county-wide by 
		September 2022. 
 The upper surface mines are easily found on the 
		leaves of various narrow-leaved Salix sp, especially Crack Willow, with 
		the larvae also mining the stems as showed in the photographs below. The 
		adult moth is tiny, with a wing-span of little more than 5.5mm and 
		smaller than expected.
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