4.075 .... B&F 0022
Etainia louisella (Sircom, 1849)    Formerly Ectoedemia louisella 
Status .....First recorded at Eakring in 2005 and often quite easy to locate where present, but it seems strangely restricted to a handful of sites in the Eakring/Dukes Wood area. The mines are found on the samara and developing seed of Field Maple.
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Photographed at Lound Wood June 2005   Mine in samara, photographed at Wellow Park July 2011
 
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Mine in samara, photographed at Wellow Park July 2011
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Etainia louisella
 
 
 
 
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Updated January 2026

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