Species Account for Chrysoesthia sexguttella
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Chrysoesthia sexguttella (Thunberg, 1794) 35.036 
Orange-spotted Miner
Lepidoptera: micromoths: Gelechiidae
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Taxonomic group: micro moths (Lepidoptera: micromoths) - County data
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Adult:
Adult: Very scarce / difficult species, voucher specimen may be required
Records: 26
First Record: 1937
Latest Record: 2025
1992-on hectads: 10
Pre-1992 hectads: 3
Total hectads: 11
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Essex Red Data List comment
Recorded from 5 out of 57x10km.sq. records in county
Habitats
Broad Habitat Data (based on 1 records with habitat information)
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Habitat Detail and Method (based on 26 records with habitat detail and method information)
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