NEPTICULIDAE | Nepticulinae | Trifurculini

04.079 Zimmermannia atrifrontella (Oak-bark Dot)

ws: 7-9mm (MBGBI1); fw: ♂2.9-3.2mm, ♀3.2-3.9mm (Nepticuloidea.info), my specimens - all ♀ 3.7-4.2mm;  Jun-Sep; oak (Quercus spp); said to occur in woodland from Kent to Wiltshire and Dorset, but insufficiently known and §1-3 were found in Herefordshire
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Zimmermania atrifrontella §2 female
ID: Unmarked forewing, black head, white thorax
Male genitalia:  
Female genitalia:  
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§1 Haugh Woods, Herefordshire; 07/09/2023; female; fw 4.2mm
§2 Haugh Woods, Herefordshire; 07/09/2023; female; fw 4.1mm
§3 Haugh Woods, Herefordshire; 07/09/2023; female; fw 3.7mm
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