Species Details

ABH: 15.040

BF: 321

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter messaniella

Authority: (Zeller, 1846)

Vernacular: Ilex Leaf-miner

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 4 Apr (2024) — 24 Nov (2019)

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

Foodplant: Carpinus sp., Castanea sp., Fagus sp., Quercus ilex (Evergreen Oak), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 144

Individuals: 14

Earliest Year: 1994

Latest Year: 2025

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