Phyllonorycter messaniella (Ilex Leaf-miner)


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Phyllonorycter messaniella
Ilex Leaf-miner (Zeller, 1846)
Gracillariidae : Lithocolletinae

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Photo © James Emerson, Whitlingham C.P. 28/10/2018

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Similar Species
Common Oak Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter quercifoliella

Plane Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter platani

Wingspan:	7-9mm
Flight:	all months of the year.
Foodplant:	Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Beech, Hornbeam, Birch, Plum, Apple
Nat Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 2 Mine: A

Status
Widespread and common.
More or less continuously brooded.

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

Leaf-mine: March - April, July, October

Verification Grade Comment: Mine: Accept if on Evergreen Oak, if not then rear through

Recorded in 60 (81%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2024.

Latest 10 Records
Date	#	VC	10k	Area
18/04/2024	1	27	TG51	Scratby
18/04/2024	3	28	TF90	Carbrooke
11/04/2024	5	28	TF64	Hunstanton Park / Ringstead
23/03/2024	4	28	TL99	Rockland St Peter
28/11/2023	1	28	TL79	Mundford
22/11/2023	+	28	TF83	Syderstone
18/11/2023	3	28	TF74	Ringstead
18/11/2023	1	27	TG14	Felbrigg / Runton
07/11/2023	+	28	TF62	South Wootton
05/11/2023	+	28	TL79	Cranwich

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