Species Details

ABH: 15.029

BF: 304

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Acrocercopinae

Taxon: Parornix devoniella

Authority: (Stainton, 1850)

Vernacular: Hazel Parornix

Account: Common in woodland and hedgerows throughout much of the British Isles, except in Scotland where it is rare Similar to P. anglicella, which see. Rests on trunks and flies in the evening around the foodplant, but more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Hazel, subsequently living within a leaf-fold, 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: 9 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 Apr (2007) — 19 Nov (2011)

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

Foodplant: Corylus sp.

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/parornix-devoniella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 277

Individuals: 13

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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