Nepticulidae

04.096 Strawberry Dot Ectoedemia arcuatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Notable A

Similar species:

Forewing: 2 to 3mm

Habitats: Woodland, downland and scrub.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a narrow, strongly contorted gallery mine in a leaf of Wild Strawberry or Barren Strawberry. This ends in a broad corridor or elongate blotch which frequently overlaps the earlier mine. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter or under the soil.