Species Details

ABH: 8.005

BF: 128

Family: Incurvariidae

Subfamily: Incurvariinae

Taxon: Phylloporia bistrigella

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Striped Cutter

Account: Local in scrub and heathland throughout much of Britain and Ireland Imago can be separated from other similar Incurvariidae by its small size, but often recorded in the larval stage, the mines of which are distinctive. Larva mines leaves of Birch, living within a movable case, subsequently feeding in the fallen leaves. The mines are described in the following link:
leafmines.co.uk
.

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 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 26 May (2000) — 12 Jun (2009)

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

Foodplant: Betula sp. (a birch).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 1 — Relatively easily identified 👌

Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phylloporia-bistrigella/

Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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