0311a Dialectica scalariella (Zeller, 1850) - (Gracillariidae / Gracillariinae)

 

Status: Naturalised
Notes: Suspected rare immigrant, or perhaps accidentally imported, from southern Europe. Recorded just once in Britain, in Kent, in September 2004. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 9-11 mm. Larva mines leaves of Purple Viper's-bugloss.

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