Horse-chestnut leaf miner moth

Introduction

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Horse-chestnut leaf miner moth

Image: © Philip Halling Taken: 18 May 2021

This is a horse-chestnut leaf miner is the moth which lays eggs on horse-chestnut leaves which results in the leaves going prematurely brown in the summer.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.084
Longitude
-2.326702