Species Details

ABH: 15.079

BF: 357

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter stettinensis

Authority: (Nicelli, 1852)

Vernacular: Lesser Alder Leaf-miner

Account: Common in damp woodland throughout much of England and Wales, and parts of western Scotland. Imago similar to P. tristrigella, P. froelichiella, P. nicellii and P. kleemannella, but the only one of the group to have a blackish brown vertical tuft on the head. P. stettinensis may also be distinguished by its short basal streak; P. tristrigella usually has a pale basal spot, but the other species no indication even of this (MBGBI Vol 2). Imago seldom encountered at 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 Alder, 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: 6.5 — 7.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Alnus glutinosa (Alder).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-stettinensis/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 51

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2018

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