Tuesday 11 October 2016

Dunraven yesterday.


                             A Phyllonorycter query. this looks very much like P. joannisi
                             but is on Field, not Norway maple?

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  1. I can find no reference to P. joannisi feeding on Field Maple, so I can only suggest you take them home and try to rear them - it could be a very interesting record!

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  2. Actually there are images of (allegedly) Phyllo. acerifoleilla similar to yours here: http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/phyllonorycter/acerifoliella/acerifoliella.htm
    so you'd definitely need to rear them out to convince anyone (including me) that they are not that species. Go on Paul - prove them wrong!

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  3. Will collect some next time i'm down there Dave.

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