Species Details

ABH: 10.001

BF: 123

Family: Tischeriidae

Taxon: Tischeria ekebladella

Authority: (Bjerkander, 1795)

Vernacular: Oak Blotch-miner

Account: Common in deciduous, especially oak, woodland throughout the British Isles More frequently recorded in the larval stage, when the mines are fairly easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Oak and Sweet Chestnut.

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: 8 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 3 May (2022) — 10 Sep (2008)

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: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 326

Individuals: 51

Earliest Year: 1997

Latest Year: 2025

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