15.039 Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Common Oak Leaf-miner)
ws:7-9mm; bivoltine Apr-May, Aug-Sep; deciduous oak (Quercus spp); common throughout UK.
ID: Group D - forewing markings white on a coloured background, C1D1 not forming a complete transverse fascia, thorax without a lighter median line; long basal streak extending past apex of C1.
§1 Hockley Woods, Essex; 12/05/2014; female; fw 4.3mm
§2 Hockley Woods, Essex; 12/05/2014
§3 Hockley Woods, Essex; 12/05/2014; male; fw 3.9mm
§4 Buxton Heath, Norfolk; 26/05/2018; female; fw 3.6mm; tapped from oak
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 27/08/2019; male; fw 3.2mm
§6 ??; 2020; male
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§2 Hockley Woods, Essex; 12/05/2014
§3 Hockley Woods, Essex; 12/05/2014; male; fw 3.9mm
§4 Buxton Heath, Norfolk; 26/05/2018; female; fw 3.6mm; tapped from oak
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 27/08/2019; male; fw 3.2mm
§6 ??; 2020; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 20/05/2014 (§1-3) | §4 added 28/06/2018 | §5 added 22/10/2019 | §6 added 07/04/2021