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Phyllonorycter heegeriella
Pale Oak Leaf-miner (Zeller, 1846)
Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae
317 / 15.036
Photo © Patrick Clement,  Ex mine on Quercus (oak), Warndon Woods, Worcestershire. Mine collected and moth reared by Steve Whitehouse.

Similar West Midlands Species
Hornbeam Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter tenerella
Wingspan: 6.5-7.5mm
Flight: Two generations, May and August
Foodplant:   Oak
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1  Mine: R

Fairly common resident.

Quercus spp. with larva feeding in July and September/October in a small mine on the underside of a leaf, usually under a lobe.

Verification Grade Comment: Mine: Reared or puparium cremasters examined.

Mine: Moth needs to be reared and, in some cases, possibly dissected.

Recorded in 64 (46%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1869.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date#VC10k Area
08/10/2021137SO88 - Highgate Common/Kinver
25/07/2021137SP06 - Redditch
25/05/2021139SJ90 - Fordhouses/Wolverhampton
31/07/2020140SO77 - Wyre Forest
25/05/2020137SO77 - Wyre Forest
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