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Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Zeller, 1839)

Common Oak Leaf-miner
(Common Oak Midget)
15.0390 (B&F: 320)


»Suborder: Glossata
  »Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
    »Family: Gracillariidae
      »Subfamily: Lithocolletinae
        »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Number of records: 56
Recorded in: 37 1km grid squares
Date of most recent record: 29 x 2024
Identification 
difficulty 
: 2Adult: Can be confused with other species
Mine: Rear moth, dissection may be needed
Notes: Mine: Check larva or rear through

A resident species, with both adults and larvae usually occurring singly, occasionally sparingly, in a few oak woods across the region. Triple-brooded, flying mainly during May, July and September. Larvae feed on oak. (Pratt, 2011)

Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Etchingham, 3 iv 2014
Photo: Caroline Moore
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Findon Valley, 13 xi 2012
Photo: Mike Snelling
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Battle, 9 iv 2024
Photo: David Gardiner
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Crowborough, 15 v 2024
Photo: Charles Waters
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Battle, 9 iv 2024
Photo: David Gardiner
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Rowfant, 5 iv 2024
Photo: Hugh Colville

Distribution at 1km scale

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