Species Details

ABH: 15.082

BF: 360

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter klemannella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Shining Alder Leaf-miner

Account: Common in damp woodland throughout Britain, except southern Scotland; in Ireland recorded only from Cos Kerry and Wicklow. Imago similar to P. stettinensis, P. tristrigella, P. froelichiella and, especially, P. nicellii, which see for differences. Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Alder, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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: 8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 25 May (2010) — 29 Jun (2008)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-klemannella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 57

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2013

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