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Family: Gracillariidae   Checklist Number: 15.004

Caloptilia elongella  (Linnaeus, 1761)

Alder Stilt

A species associated with alder (Alnus glutinosa) and is therefore relatively scarce in the islands. There are two generations per year with the adults present in June and September, overwintering as adults.

References: 
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.

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