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Phyllonorycter hilarella
Large Willow Leaf-miner Zetterstedt, 1839
Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae
337 / 15.058
Photo © Patrick Clement,  Ex leafmine in sallow, Uffmoor Wood, Worcestershire.

Similar West Midlands Species

Grey Willow Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter salicicolella
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Flight: Two generations, May / June and August
Foodplant:   Sallow, Goat Willow
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Mine: R

Common resident.

Salix cinerea and S. caprea and occasionally Populus tremulus with larva feeding in July and September/October in a mine on the underside of a leaf.

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

Recorded in 54 (39%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1869.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2023)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2023)
Date#VC10k Area
15/07/2022139SK03 - Checkley/Tean/Uttoxeter
25/05/2021139SJ90 - Fordhouses/Wolverhampton
06/08/2020137SO98 - Dudley/Saltwells Wood
05/08/2020140SO57 - Ludlow
03/11/2019140SO78 - Upper Arley
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