15.065 .... B&F 0343
Phyllonorycter esperella (Goeze, 1783)
Status .....Quite uncommon in Nottinghamshire, although it may be just under recorded. Leaf mines were found commonly on the first tree examined at Meden Vale, near Market Warsop in 2009 and we also have records from Woodthorpe Park.
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Larva photographed on Hornbeam, Woodthorpe Grange, Nottingham September 2013
 
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Leaf mine photographed on Hornbeam at Meden Vale October 2009
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Phyllonorycter esperella
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Jerry Clough.

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Updated January 2024

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