Phyllonorycter tristrigella (Elm Leaf-miner) - iMoths


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Phyllonorycter tristrigella
Elm Leaf-miner (Haworth, 1828)
Gracillariidae : Lithocolletinae

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Photo © Patrick Clement, Ex mine on Ulmus procera. Crossway Green, Worcestershire.

Similar West Midlands Species
Shining Elm Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter schreberella

Lesser Alder Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter stettinensis

Wingspan:	7.5-8.5mm
Flight:	Two generations, May and August
Foodplant:	Elm
Nat Status:	Common
Verification Grade: Adult: 2 Mine: A

Common resident.

Ulmus spp. with larva feeding in July and September/October in a long narrow mine on the underside of a leaf.

Recorded in 100 (71%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1869.
Last Recorded in 2022.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date	#	VC	10k Area
07/10/2022	+	37	SO84 - Hanley Swan/Upton on Severn
02/10/2022	1	40	SO59 - Wenlock Edge
04/09/2022	1	40	SJ51 - Shrewsbury/Haughmond Hill
18/08/2022	1	36	SO74 - Colwall & Malvern Hills AONB
24/05/2022	1	39	SJ90 - Fordhouses/Wolverhampton

Further info: Phyllonorycter tristrigella

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