Orange-spotted Miner Chrysoesthia sexguttella

Formerly given the vernacular name Six-spot Crest.

A distinctive species but quite uncommon in Norfolk - the nearest previous record was about 10 miles away.

Orange-spotted Miner Chrysoesthia sexguttella, Elmham railway near Broom Green (Norfolk, UK), 25th May 2022

2022 was evidently a very good year for this species and in the autumn, a short distance away from the above adult, I discovered about 100 leaf-mines on Fat Hen. They all seemed to be vacated.

vacated mines of Orange-spotted Miner Chrysoesthia sexguttella, Elmham railway (Norfolk, UK), 22nd September 2022