Nepticulidae

04.098 Least Blackthorn Dot Ectoedemia spinosella (Joannis, 1908)

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 1.5 to 2mm

Habitats: Usually coastal on downland, hedgerows and undercliff.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a narrow, contorted gallery mine with dispersed frass in a leaf of Blackthorn. The mine becomes less contorted then widens into a small elongate blotch. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.