Photo © Mike Wall

Calybites phasianipennella

Checklist Number
15.017 [B&F: 0296]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

Family:Gracillariidae
Subfamily:Gracillariinae
Genus:Calybites
Species:phasianipennella
Authority:(Hübner, [1813])

Local in damp woodland, fens and cornfield edges throughout much of England, rare in Scotland and Ireland. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight recorded from all three vice-counties, but evidently rare and taken mostly as single specimens. Wingspan 10-11 mm. Imago fairly regular at light, but more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Redshank, Black-bindweed, Common Sorrel, Sheep's Sorrel, Broad-leaved Dock, Water Dock and Yellow Loosestrife, subsequently living within a leaf-roll.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)