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Phyllonorycter cavella
Large Birch Leaf-miner Zeller, 1846
Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae
338 / 15.059

Similar Yorkshire Species
Gorse Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter ulicicolella
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Flight: June / July
Foodplant:   Birch
Nat Status: Local
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4  Mine: L

Yorkshire Status: Very rare and very local resident.

Some records are of leaf-mines.

Sutton & Beaumont, 1989: Very local, no recent record.

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required

Recorded in 4 (2%) of 200 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1883.
Last Recorded in 2001.

Latest 5 Records
Date#VC10k Area
18/11/2001+63SE21 - Middlestown / Emley
16/09/2001+63SE02 - Halifax
1893+63SE60 - Hatfield
01/01/1883 to 31/12/1886+61SE84 - Pocklington (E)
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