Phytobia species is added to the Cambridgeshire vice county list

On 28 January 2024, Duerden Cormack found the larval feeding signs of Phytobia cerasiferae (Kangas, 1955) in Blackthorn stems at RSPB Hope Farm, Cambridgeshire VC29. This is the first known record for the vice county of this species.

Many thanks to Duerden for submitting his record.

28 January 2024