Species Details

ABH: 15.078

BF: 356

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter tristrigella

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Elm Leaf-miner

Account: Common in hedgerows in England and Wales Imago differs from P. stettinensis, P. froelichiella, P. nicellii and P. kleemannella in having the white pattern much less metallic and its black edging fading more evenly into the ground colour. 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 Wych Elm, English Elm and Small-leaved Elm, 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: 7.5 — 8.5 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

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

Foodplant: Ulmus procera (English Elm), Ulmus sp. (an elm).

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-tristrigella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 103

Individuals: 27

Earliest Year: 1998

Latest Year: 2025

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