35.035 BF746 – Gelechiidae – Apatetrinae- Chrysoesthia drurella

Gelechiidae – Apatetrinae – Chrysoesthia drurella – Flame Crest 

STATUS – Presumably a common species on Fat Hen. The below is probably the first modern day record 15/06/2004

ID POINTERS – An attractively marked little leaf miner. The head and thorax silver with the forewings marked orange-red with silver markings edged with black and blackish cilia

FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing April – mid-September 

IMAGES – 15/6/2004 – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar©

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