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20 Ectoedemia decentella

(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

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Using datasets:
BRERC April 2013: Bristol Regional Environmental Records Centre
GiGL professional survey records (Last 10 years): Greenspace Information for Greater London
St Helens Wildlife Dataset: St Helens Wildlife Recording Group
Lincolnshire Moths: Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership
Welsh Invertebrate Database (WID): Natural Resources Wales
Suffolk Biological Records Centre (SBRC) dataset: Suffolk Biological Records Centre
SER Species-based Surveys: Staffordshire Ecological Record
Species Recorded in Somerset: Somerset Environmental Records Centre
Bedfordshire Micro Moths (BNHS) - 1820-2012: Bedfordshire and Luton Biodiversity Recording and Monitoring Centre
Sussex Moth data for 2011 and 2012 DEFRA FUNDED: Sussex Biodiversity Record Centre

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20 Ectoedemia decentella

(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Wingspan 5-8mm.

This well-marked nepticulid is one of the few of this group easily recognisable by forewing markings alone.

The larvae form slender mines within sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) seeds.

The adults emerge in two generations, in June and August. They may often be found resting on sycamore trunks, and are also attracted to light. The moth is locally distributed throughout much of England

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