Species Details

ABH: 15.026

BF: 302

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Acrocercopinae

Taxon: Parornix fagivora

Authority: (Frey, 1861)

Vernacular: Beech Parornix

Account: Local in woodland in an area bounded by Kent, Dorset, Herefordshire and Cambridgeshire and also from Lancashire and west Yorkshire The ochreous or fawn tinge of the pale markings and the lack of definition in the pattern help to distinguish this species (MBGBI Vol 2). Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Beech, 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: 23 May (2017) — 31 Oct (2006)

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

Foodplant: Fagus sp.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 19

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2025

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