2.007 .... B&F 0013
Eriocrania semipurpurella (Stephens, 1835)
Status .....Common and easily determined by an occupied leaf mine Found in woodland containing Birch, but also common on heathland sites within the Sherwood Forest area. But it should be expected more widely across other parts of Nottinghamshire.
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Adult, photographed at Sherwood Forest CP April 2014   Occupied leaf mine, photographed at Red Hill May 2007
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Eriocrania semipurpurella
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. NBGRC. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Martin Gray.

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Updated January 2024

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