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Phyllonorycter platani (Staudinger, 1870)
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Phyllonorycter platani, topside of leaf, Attenborough Arboretum, 27th September 2006Phyllonorycter platini, underside of leaf, Attenborough Arboretum, 27th September 2006
Attenborough Arboretum, South Knighton, Leicester, 27th September 2006 © Grham Finch 2006
These leaf mines were collected from London Plane trees by Gareth Burton, and represent the first record for VC55 of this adventive species. It was first recorded in London in 1990.