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Banded Honeysuckle Leaf-miner - Phyllonorycter trifasciella

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Banded Honeysuckle Leaf-miner Banded Honeysuckle Leaf-miner - Phyllonorycter trifasciella dylan Laundry Lane 6 May 2025, 6:04 p.m. 3 May 2025, 8 p.m.

Species Description

Widespread and locally frequent in the southern half of the UK; rare in the north. Food plant: various members of the Honeysuckle family (Caprifoliaceae). Habitat includes: gardens, parks, allotments, churchyards, hedgerows, woodland etc.

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