Morley’s Final Catalogue: Not listed.

Recent Status: A very rare species nationally and in Suffolk.

Life Style: A single brooded species flying during April and May. The larvae mine leaves of Crataegus.

Identification: The moth is bronze brown with a purple sheen at the tip. The head tuft is orange, the collar pale ochre and the scape white. The moth can be identified by breeding out from a mine or by genitalia dissection. More Info
The larva creates a blotch in a lobe from the ovum on the underside of that lobe tip. Frass in collected centrally. More Info

Verification Grade Comment: Egg position essential

	Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

	Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 2 (3%) of 58 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1981. Last Recorded in 1994. Additional Stats

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