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Incurvaria oehlmanniella
Purple-tinged Cutter (Hübner, 1796)
Incurvariidae: Incurvariinae
131 / 8.003
Photo © Allan Drewitt,  Dersingham Bog, May 2011

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Feathered Cutter
Incurvaria masculella
Wingspan: c.14 mm.
Flight: June and July.
Foodplant:   Bilberry and Cloudberry.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2
Status
Local.
Easily confused with I. masculella.
Males of oehlmanniella have simple antennae unlike I. masculella.

Yellow marking on costa, present in both sexes, is nearer wingtip than adjacent tornal spot.

Leaf-mine: July - Aug.
Small blotch mine elongated to form a linear mine. Case cut from end of blotch. Larvae feed on dead leaves on the ground.

Recorded in 18 (24%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
12/07/2023128TF92North Elmham
24/06/2023127TG02Reepham
23/06/2023128TF92North Elmham
12/06/2023128TF63Snettisham
11/06/2023128TF63Snettisham
17/07/2022+28TF62Sandringham
12/06/2022128TF92North Elmham
11/06/2022128TF92North Elmham
20/05/2022128TF92North Elmham
18/05/2022128TF63Dersingham
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