Coptotriche marginea
Bordered Carl
Emmetia marginea
Wingspan 7 to 8 mm. The moths are small, indistinct brownish insects with a slight metallic sheen. The larva mines the leaves of Bramble.
Adult 
Leafmine 
Around Bramble.
Has two generations, the moths flying in May and June, and again in August.
The larvae mine the leaves of Bramble, creating a funnel-shaped blotch, the second generation feeding through the winter.
A common species throughout Britain.
Increasingly well recorded in Leicestershire and Rutland, often from the leafmines on Bramble.
David Nicholls
Ratby garden
07 May 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote
04 October 2017
leafmine on Bramble
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood, Ratby
08 August 2022
Graham Calow
Sapcote, Harecroft Crescent
09 May 2022
egaten
Thurlaston garden
31 May 2018
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood, Ratby
08 August 2022
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Species profile
- Common names
- Bordered Carl
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Tischeriidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 189
- First record:
- 18/05/2004 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 30/01/2025 (Isabel Raval)
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Graham Calow
Burbage, Smithy Lane
04 November 2020
leafmine on Bramble
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
22 May 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
01 June 2011
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
17 June 2014
Confirmed from specimen AM
David Nicholls
Martinshaw Wood, Ratby
08 August 2022
Steve Mathers
Beacon Hill CP
18 March 2019
sue
Bagworth Beacon
07 October 2018
leafmine with larva on Bramble
