Species Details

ABH: 15.080

BF: 358

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter froelichiella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Large Alder 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: Alnus glutinosa (Alder).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

Moths

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔

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

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2025