Phyllonorycter messaniella (Ilex Leaf-miner) - Cambs Micro Moths

Gracillariidae : Lithocolletinae

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Phyllonorycter messaniella

Ilex Leaf-miner

(Zeller, 1846)	321 / 15.040
=Garden Midget

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

Recorded in 19 (51%) of 37 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1905.
Last Recorded in 2025.
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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

Immature

Adult

Further info: Phyllonorycter messaniella

	UK Moths
	Herts & Middx Moths
	Norfolk Moths
	Suffolk Moths
	Bedfordshire Moths
	West Midlands Moths
	Yorkshire Moths
	Upper Thames Moths
	Devon Moths
	Dorset Moths
	Huntingdon HMBG
	Essex Field Club
	Kent Moths
	Hants Moths
	Svenska fjarilar
	Lepiforum.de
	NBN Atlas
	Historical UK Distribution (pre 2013)
	Moth Dissection UK

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