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Local throughout much of the British Isles. In Hampshire found commonly in Botley Wood, Leckford and the Itchen Valley. Recorded on the Isle of Wight once, at Shanklin in 1977, but not since. Wingspan 6-8.4 mm. One of the palest of the Nepticulidae, with buff ground-colour, slightly darker mottling, yellow head and white eyecaps. Larva mines under the bark of Broom.
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Detail records |
| Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
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| VC10 Isle of Wight |
| Shanklin (SZ58) | 23-Sep-1977 | - | Emmet, AM | Larval |
| Upper Hyde, Shanklin (SZ58) | 23-Sep-1977 | - | Emmet, AM; Pelham-Clinton, EC; Bradley, JD; Uffen, RWJ | Mine |
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| VC11 South Hampshire |
| Botley Wood (SU51) | 26-Aug-1978 | one | Sterling, DH | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU51) | 22-Aug-1979 | one | Sterling, DH | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU50) | 24-Aug-1980 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, PH | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU51) | 07-Jun-1984 | one | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH; Sterling, PH | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU50) | 10-Sep-1987 | - | Langmaid, JR; Sterling, DH | Mine (vacated) |
| Southsea (SZ69) | 04-Sep-1990 | one | Langmaid, John | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU51) | 30-Mar-2004 | - | Langmaid, John | Mine |
| Fawley (SU40) | 31-Jul-2004 | one | Green, David G | Adult |
| Chandlers Ford (SU42) | 2006 | - | Elliott, Brian | Adult |
| Botley Wood (SU50) | 17-Dec-2011 | - | Davis, Tony | Mine |
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| VC12 North Hampshire |
| Yateley Common (SU85) | 23-Sep-1994 | - | Langmaid, John & Davis, Tony | Mine |
| Bramdean Common (SU62) | 08-Oct-1996 | one | Langmaid, JR; Emmet, AM; Thirlwell, IR | Mine |
| Blackbush Airfield (SU85) | 25-Dec-2020 | one | Hewitt, Josie | Mine |
| Blackbush Airfield (SU85) | 30-Dec-2020 | 50 | Hewitt, Josie | Mine (vacated) |
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