Trifurcula cryptella (Cryptic Dot)


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Trifurcula cryptella
Cryptic Dot (Stainton, 1856)
Nepticulidae : Nepticulinae

48 / 4.065

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Similar Species: None

Wingspan:	5-6mm.
Flight:	May - June
Foodplant:	Bird's-foot Trefoil, Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil
Nat Status:	Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade: Adult: 4 Mine: L

Status
Uncertain, Rare.

Leaf-mine: June - August

Listed by Barret in 1874 as King's Lynn - E.A. Atmore.

[MBGBI vol1]

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 1 (1%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 1874.

Further info: Trifurcula cryptella