Gracillariidae : Gracillariinae
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Immature stages

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Dialectica imperialella
Imperial Stilt

(Zeller, 1847)311 / 15.020
=Fen Slender
=Acrocercops imperialella

Norfolk status
Rare.
Endangered species with modern-day records from four fenland sites in Cambridgeshire, Huntingdonshire and recently (2018) in Suffolk at Lakenheath Fen.

Adult moths are seldom seen, and are more likely to be recorded in the larval stage as mines. Please photo for confirmation.

New for Norfolk in 2019. Mine found on Common Comfrey at Hilgay Fen in VC28. (R. Edmunds, 23/09/19)

Retained Specimen / Photograph will be Required.

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 5 (7%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2019.
Last Recorded in 2024.
Additional Stats

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Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10kGeneral Area
28/08/2024128TF62Sandringham
16/09/2023+28TL78Weeting
16/09/2023+28TF71West Acre
30/08/2023128TL88Santon Downham / Grimes Graves
23/09/2019128TL69Hilgay
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Wingspan: 7-8mm
Flight: May - June
Foodplant:   Common Comfrey, Lungwort
Nat Status: pRDB1
Verification Grade:  Adult: 3  Mine: L
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