Species Details

ABH: 15.049

BF: 329

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter spinicolella

=Phyllonorycter deflexella

=Phyllonorycter pomonella

Authority: (Zeller, 1846)

Vernacular: Blackthorn Leaf-miner

Account: Common in hedgerows and scrubland throughout much of the British Isles, as far north as Perthshire Similar to P. cerasicolella, from which separated only by dissection of the genitalia. Imago rarely recorded at light, and more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Blackthorn and Wild Plum.

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: 6.5 — 7.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Prunus domestica (Wild Plum), Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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-spinicolella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 99

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2020

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