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Zimmermannia atrifrontella/longicaudella
Oak-bark Dot agg.

41x
=Oak-bark Pigmy agg.
=Ectoedemia atrifrontella/longicaudella

Norfolk status
Unknown.
The UK status and distribution of this pair is insufficiently known.

Zimmermannia atrifrontella: Found in woodland in south-eastern England from Kent to Wiltshire and Dorset.

Zimmermannia longicaudella: Trapped in Britain for the first time in Buckinghamshire on 12 July 2009

Both species mine in the bark of Oak and are indistinguishable from each other in this stage.

Mines were found on Oak collected in February 2016 from the Norfolk side of the river at Santon Downham (Ian Barton/Kathleen Rosewarne, 21/02/16)
Determined by Erik van Neiukerken in November 2017 as one or other of the two known Oak-bark mining Zimmermannia (=Ectodemia) species.



Recorded in 7 (9%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 2016.
Last Recorded in 2023.
Additional Stats

Zimmermannia atrifrontella  |  Ectoedemia intimella >

Determination
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Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10kGeneral Area
28/10/2023+28TF63Ken Hill Wood / Snettisham
07/05/20232728TL78Weeting Heath
16/04/2022+28TL78Weeting Heath
10/04/2022728TL79Cranwich Heath
13/12/2021128TL99Caston
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Wingspan: 7-9mm
Flight: June - Sept
Foodplant:   Oak
Nat Status: Unknown
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