Species Details

ABH: 15.046

BF: 326

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter blancardella

=Phyllonorycter concomitella

Authority: (Fabricius, 1781)

Vernacular: Brown Apple Leaf-miner

Account: Common in woodland, orchards and gardens in southern England and Wales, rare elsewhere in the British Isles. Similar to P. hostis, from which only reliably separated by dissection of the genitalia. 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 Crab Apple and Apple, 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: 6 — 8.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Apr (2007) — 17 Apr (2007)

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

Foodplant: Malus sp. (an apple).

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-blancardella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 15

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2010

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