Species Details

ABH: 15.070

BF: 348

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella

Authority: (Stainton, 1851)

Vernacular: Sandhill 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: Salix arenaria, Salix repens (Creeping Willow).

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2004

Latest Year: 2011

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