Caloptilia fidella

Hop Stilt
Family

Gracillariidae

Species Codes

B&F 15.0115 RES 289a

Other Names

Hop Slender

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Species Account

First recorded in Kent, with leaf mines found on Hop near Aylesham, September 2021. ""Further sites identified in East Kent in 2022 and mines also recorded from the Dungeness area in September 2022. 

Foodplant

Larva mines and then forms cones on Hop.

Record Verification

Distribution Map

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Phenology

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Reporting Rate

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Photo Gallery

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