Species Details

ABH: 15.044

BF: 324

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter sorbi

Authority: (Frey, 1855)

Vernacular: Rowan Leaf-miner

Account: Common in woodland throughout much of the British Isles, more numerous in the north Similar to P. oxyacanthae, which see for differences. Imago seldom seen at light and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Rowan and Bird Cherry, 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: 7.5 — 8.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 May (2009) — 15 May (2002)

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

Foodplant: Prunus padus (Bird Cherry), Sorbus aria (Common Whitebeam), Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-sorbi/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 70

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2020

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