Nepticulidae ABH 4.088 B&F 36a   *   Ectoedemia heringella Leaf mine photographs on Evergreen Oak, Quercus ilex. Wingspan: c. 5-6mm Season: June-July Food plant: Evergreen Oak, Quercus ilex Mine: November-April Egg upperside, usually near vein. The gallery is strongly contorted and almost filled with frass. Leaves often have several mines present. First recorded in the London area in 2002, now spreading throughout southern England.

Ectoedemia heringella
Leaf mine on Evergreen Oak, Quercus ilex. Dorset. March 2012 and December 2014