Species Details

ABH: 15.017

BF: 296

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Gracillariinae

Taxon: Calybites phasianipennella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: White-marked Stilt

Account: Local in damp woodland, fens and cornfield edges throughout much of England, rare in Scotland and Ireland 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 Redshank, Black-bindweed, Common Sorrel, Sheep's Sorrel, Broad-leaved Dock, Water Dock and Yellow Loosestrife, subsequently living within a leaf-roll.

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: 10 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Lysimachia sp., Polygonum sp., Rumex sp. (a dock).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/calybites-phasianipennella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 24

Individuals: 3

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2020

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