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Trifurcula immundella
Broom Dot (Zeller, 1839)
Nepticulidae: Nepticulinae
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Photo © Stewart Wright,  12/03/2016 - Santon Warren

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 6-8mm
Flight: July - August
Foodplant:   Broom
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4  Mine: L
Status
Scarce.
Very small, pale looking Nepticulid, with grey-white ground colour with dark-tipped scales. Yellow-orange head and white eyecaps.

Specimen netted on Broom near Lynford Water in 2013. (S. Wright, 27/07/13).

Larvae mine in bark of Broom. Autumn over winter - March and early May.

Verification Grade Comment: Adults must be reared and/or Gen. Det. to confirm.

Determination by Genitalia Examination Required

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 8 (11%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
12/03/2024+28TL79Weeting (Bunker's Hill)
08/09/2020128TL79Mundford
11/08/2020228TL79Mundford
06/08/2020128TL79Mundford
01/09/2019128TL79Mundford
22/08/2019128TF92North Elmham
17/07/2019128TL79Mundford
29/06/2019+28TL78Weeting Heath
17/08/2018128TL79Mundford
05/08/2018128TL79Mundford
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