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Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Common Oak Leaf-miner (Zeller, 1839)
Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae
320 / 15.039
Photo © Chris McGaw,  23/09/2018 - The Grange

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Ilex Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter messaniella
Plane Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter platani
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Flight: Two Generations. Apr-May. Aug-Sept.
Foodplant:   Oak.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Mine: R
Status
Common.
Commonest of the oak-feeding Phyllonorycters.

Note the length of the wing streak extends to almost two-thirds of the wing. The streak in the similar Phyllonorycter messaniella barley reaches the middle.

Leaf-mine: July, September - October
small blotch on the underside of a leaf.

Verification Grade Comment: Mine: Reared or puparium cremasters examined.

Mine: Moth needs to be reared and, in some cases, possibly dissected.

Recorded in 57 (77%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
23/11/2023127TG10Wymondham
22/11/2023+28TF83Syderstone
17/11/2023127TM18Tivetshall St Margaret
12/11/2023+28TF62Wolferton / Sandringham
28/10/2023+28TF63Ken Hill Wood / Snettisham
17/10/2023128TF74Titchwell
07/10/2023128TF83North Creake
07/10/2023127TG13Hempstead
26/09/2023228TF74Titchwell
25/09/2023+27TG22Buxton
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