Species Details

ABH: 10.002

BF: 124

Family: Tischeriidae

Taxon: Tischeria dodonaea

Authority: Stainton, 1858

Vernacular: Small Oak Blotch-miner

Account: Local in deciduous woodland throughout much of Britain, north to the Lake District Larva mines leaves of Oak and Sweet Chestnut. 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: 6 — 7 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 29 May (2010) — 23 Jun (2014)

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

Foodplant: Castanea sp., Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Pedunculate Oak), Quercus sp. (an oak).

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/tischeria-dodonaea/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 70

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2020

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