Species Details

ABH: 15.039

BF: 320

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter quercifoliella

Authority: (Zeller, 1839)

Vernacular: Common Oak Leaf-miner

Account: Common in oak woodland and areas with scattered oaks throughout much of the British Isles, except for the Northern Isles Similar to P messaniella, in which the basal streak barely reaches middle of wing, terminating well before the apices of the first pair of strigulae. In P quercifoliella the apical streak extends to almost two-thirds and terminates slightly beyond the apices of the first pair of strigulae (MBGBI Vol 2). Imago fairly regular at light, but more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of deciduous oaks Quercus, 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: 7 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 1 Apr (2014) — 3 Sep (2008)

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

Foodplant: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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-quercifoliella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 275

Individuals: 8

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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