Phyllonorycter schreberella (Shining Elm Leaf-miner) - iMoths


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Phyllonorycter schreberella
Shining Elm Leaf-miner Fabricius, 1781
Gracillariidae : Lithocolletinae

352 / 15.074

Photo © Patrick Clement

Similar West Midlands Species
Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter tristrigella

Honeysuckle Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella

Wingspan:	6.5-7.5mm
Flight:	Two generations, May and August
Foodplant:	Elm
Nat Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 2 Mine: A

Common resident.

Ulmus procera with larva feeding in July and September/October in a strongly inflated mine on the underside of a leaf.

Recorded in 71 (51%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1873.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date	#	VC	10k Area
15/09/2022	2	40	SJ61 - Wellington/The Weald Moors
09/10/2021	+	40	SJ32 - Ruyton-XI-Towns/Queens Head
03/10/2021	+	40	SJ51 - Shrewsbury/Haughmond Hill
14/10/2020	+	37	SO76 - Sapey Common & Great Witley
13/10/2020	+	36	SO53 - SE Hereford & Haugh Wood

Further info: Phyllonorycter schreberella

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