15.0201 Dialectica scalariella (Echium Leaf-miner)
ws: 9-11mm; Aug-Sep?; leaf mine in Echium spp; status uncertain; 2 British records
At the time of writing this species is listed in Appendix A (adventive species) of the RES checklist following the only previous British record (Kingsdown, Kent, September 2004). This specimen was obtained at a time of substantial migrant activity and Echium species grow freely on the Isles of Scilly - either way it seems to me that this species should be advanced to the main list. I have confirmed with David Agassiz that it will be.
At the time of writing this species is listed in Appendix A (adventive species) of the RES checklist following the only previous British record (Kingsdown, Kent, September 2004). This specimen was obtained at a time of substantial migrant activity and Echium species grow freely on the Isles of Scilly - either way it seems to me that this species should be advanced to the main list. I have confirmed with David Agassiz that it will be.
Dialectica scalariella §1 female
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§1 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 24/08/2019 (image 10/10/2019); female; to light (obtained by Mick Scott); 2nd BRITSH RECORD; specimen donated to Natural History Museum.
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/11/2019 (§1)