Species Details

ABH: 15.060

BF: 339

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Lithocolletinae

Taxon: Phyllonorycter ulicicolella

Authority: (Stainton, 1851)

Vernacular: Gorse 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: 11 Jun (2003) — 14 Jun (2008)

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

Foodplant: Ulex sp.

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: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-ulicicolella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 2

Earliest Year: 2003

Latest Year: 2024

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