Ectoedemia atricollis
Pinch-barred Pigmy
Wingspan 5 to 6 mm.
Adult 
Leafmine 
Leafmine occurs mainly on Hawthorn and Apple. http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Lepidoptera/E.atricollis.htm
Areas where the larval foodplants are present.
The adult moths emerge in a single generation in June.
The larvae of this species form mines on Hawthorn, Apple, Pear and Wild Cherry. Initially, the larvae form galleries along the edge of the leaf, leading to the development of large blotches on the leaf margin.
Widespread throughout England and Wales. In the Butterfly Conservation's Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = C (very scarce resident or rare migrant).
Adrian Russell
Launde Park Wood
04 October 2003
leafmine on Hawthorn
sue
Ellistown, Battram Wood
03 October 2020
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Field near B4114 lay-by opposite Leicester Road
10 October 2022
tenanted leafmine on Apple
sue
Ashby Canal, towpath opposite Ambion Wood
05 October 2019
sue
Ashby Canal, towpath opposite Ambion Wood
05 October 2019
larva with black head
Graham Calow
Stoney Stanton, Highgate Lodge Farm open access land
30 October 2020
leafmine on Apple
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Species profile
- Common names
- Pinch-barred Pigmy
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Nepticulidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 43
- First record:
- 04/10/2003 (Russell, Adrian)
- Last record:
- 10/10/2022 (Calow, Graham)
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Saharima Roenisch
Leicester Castle Gardens
09 October 2020
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
14 October 2021
tenanted leafmine on Hawthorn
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
14 October 2021
tenanted leafmine on Hawthorn
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
14 October 2021
tenanted leafmine on Hawthorn
Graham Calow
Sharnford, Fosse Meadows
14 October 2021
tenanted leafmine on Hawthorn
