Species Details

ABH: 15.093

BF: 369

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Phyllocnistinae

Taxon: Phyllocnistis xenia

Authority: Hering, 1936

Vernacular: Kent Maze-miner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) along river banks and in damp woodland. First discovered in eastern Kent in 1974, subsequently rapidly spreading throughout south-eastern England. First recorded on the Isle of Wight in 2002, and in Hampshire in the following year; mines are locally common on White and Grey Poplar in the Portsmouth area and on Hayling Island. Wingspan 6-7 mm.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 6 — 7 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Populus canescens.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 3 — Difficult to identify 🤔🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllocnistis-xenia/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2017

Latest Year: 2024

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