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Moth
Mon 2013-07-15
A tiny moth only about 2mm long, that I came across on a burdock leaf (Arctium sp). Probably a Stigmella sp, possibly Stigmella aurella (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae), but there are many other similar species in this genus. They are leaf-miners.
Photo taken in the Wilderness, Whiteknights Park, Reading, UK, on 2013-07-13.
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