Formerly rare and confined to southern counties, this is yet another
species which is increasing it's UK range. Discovered new to Nottinghamshire
when leaf mines were found on Norway Maple at Retford Cemetery in late
September 2021 (Pendleton, T.A.), with a number of follow up records
soon appearing, generally from urban locations due to the regular
planting of Norway Maple in city centres, parks, gardens etc. Leaf mines
are also common on Field Maple Acer campestre as well.
Records came from Bardill's Garden Centre and at Basford Cemetery at Nottingham, from Tolney Lane
opposite Newark Castle and from just inside the Nottinghamshire border
with Derbyshire at Creswell
Crags. The number of records continued to increase during 2022 and it
has continued to spread further throughout the county at a very
fast rate. |
