Species Details

ABH: 15.057

BF: 336

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter dubitella

Authority: (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Vernacular: Goat Willow Leaf-miner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) in woodland, scrub and river-banks in parts of south-eastern England, with records north to Lancashire. The first British record was made in 1969 by the late D.W.H. Ffennell, who found mines in the leaves of Goat Willow along the Winchester by-pass Similar to P. salicicolella, which see for differences; weakly marked specimens resemble P. salictella in shape and colouring but the strigulae are more distinct (MBGBI Vol 2). Imago comes to light, but just as likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Goat Willow, 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 — 8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Salix caprea (Goat Willow), Salix sp. (a sallow).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

Click here to view the full geology map of Surrey.

Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-dubitella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 11

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 1999

Latest Year: 2010

« Previous Random 🎲 Next »