Species Details

ABH: 15.059

BF: 338

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter cavella

Authority: (Zeller, 1846)

Vernacular: Large Birch Leaf-miner

Account: Local in birch woodland and on heathland in England, Wales and the Highlands of Scotland. Recorded from several localities in south and north Hampshire, but uncommon and local. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 7-9 mm. Imago does come readily to 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 Birch, 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 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 13 May (2011) — 11 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant: Betula pendula (Silver Birch), Betula sp. (a birch).

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/phyllonorycter-cavella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2011

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