Species Details

ABH: 15.050

BF: 0330

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter cerasicolella

Authority: (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Vernacular: Cherry Leaf-miner

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period:

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

Foodplant: Prunus avium (Wild Cherry), Prunus cerasus (Dwarf Cherry).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

Moths

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-cerasicolella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 81

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2024