15.001 BF299 – Gracillariidae – Gracillariinae – Parectopa ononidis
Gracillariidae – Glacillariinae – Parectopa ononidis – Clover Slender
STATUS – Not listed in Harrison & Sterling (1988) – Current status unknown. First documented and potentially first VC record was 1/8/2020 from Whittington and then another on 7/8/2020 from Kings Newton.
ID POINTERS – Head whitish with forewing dark-brown with shining silver markings on the costa and dorsal areas, which are edged black. A small silver spot in the apical area. Rarely recorded as an adult. The larva mine the leaves of clover
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing from May- August. They overwinter, so can then be seen in April – May
IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©
