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Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Common Oak Leaf-miner (Zeller, 1839)
Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae
320 / 15.039
Photo © Andy Nunn,  North Cliffe Wood VC 61

Similar Yorkshire Species
Ilex Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter messaniella
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Flight: Two generations, April / May and August / September
Foodplant:   Oak
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Mine: R

Yorkshire Status: Very common and thinly distributed or restricted resident.

Many of the records are of larvae.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Recorded throughout all five vice-counties, the most widespread and abundant of the oak-feeding species of Phyllonorycter.

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

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

Recorded in 98 (49%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1859.
Last Recorded in 2023.
Additional Stats

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
31/10/2023+63SK57 - Worksop (S) / Creswell
10/09/2023265SE37 - Ripon
08/09/2023265SE37 - Ripon
31/08/2023165SE37 - Ripon
05/08/2023162SE65 - York (E)
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