08.005 Phylloporia bistrigella (Striped Cutter)
ws: 7-9mm (MBGBI1), fw 3-4mm (Sterling & Parsons); May-Jul; silver/downy birch (Betula pendula/pubescens), leaf-mine Jul-Aug; local and uncommon throughout UK; can be found in daylight flying around birches on heaths; comes to light.
Phylloporia bistrigella §1 female
ID: Small size; head white; forewing brassy-brown with broad white antemedian and postmedian lines. The postmedian line may be incomplete; a preapical white spot is sometimes present.
§1 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; female; fw 3.8mm
§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; male
§3 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/06/2019; male; fw 3.2mm
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020; female; fw 3.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Kinlochleven, Argyll; 05/07/2011; male
§3 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 18/06/2019; male; fw 3.2mm
§4 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 24/06/2020; female; fw 3.1mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 04/12/2011 (§1&2) | §3 added 23/01/2020 | §4 added 27/01/2021
