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Phyllonorycter messaniella
Ilex Leaf-miner (Zeller, 1846)
Gracillariidae: Lithocolletinae
321 / 15.040
Photo © Mike Crewe,  MV trap, Sheringham

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Common Oak Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter quercifoliella
Plane Leaf-miner
Phyllonorycter platani
Wingspan: 7-9mm
Flight: all months of the year.
Foodplant:   Oak, Sweet Chestnut, Beech, Hornbeam, Birch, Plum, Apple
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Mine: A
Status
Widespread and common.
More or less continuously brooded.

Note the length of the wing streak barley reaches the middle of the wing. The streak in the similar Phyllonorycter quercifoliella extends to almost two-thirds.

Leaf-mine: March - April, July, October

Verification Grade Comment: Mine: Accept if on Evergreen Oak, if not then rear through

Recorded in 61 (82%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2025.
Additional Stats
Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
05/07/2025+28TL79Cranwich Heath
23/06/20251028TL98West Harling Heath
20/06/2025628TL88Croxton Heath
19/06/2025328TL99Rockland All Saints
16/06/2025128TL99Rockland St Peter
12/06/2025128TF64Old Hunstanton
13/05/2025128TF74Titchwell
01/05/2025128TF63Hunstanton (S)
14/01/2025128TL79Mundford
24/12/2024128TF83North Creake
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