Tischeriidae

10.004 Scarce Bramble Blotch-miner Coptotriche heinemanni (Wocke, 1871)

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Similar species:

Forewing: 4 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The early stages have not been recorded in Britain or Ireland. On the European mainland the larva feeds on Bramble and Agrimony in a large, transparent, yellow-green, upper-surface blotch mine. This may become brown later. It pupates in the mine.