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Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella

Checklist Number
15.038 [B&F: 0319]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Gracillariidae
Subfamily:Lithocolletinae
Genus:Phyllonorycter
Species:kuhlweiniella
Authority:(Zeller, 1839)

Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and now confined to woodland in the South Lopham area of east Norfolk. Previously recorded from much of England. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 7.5-9 mm. Larva mines leaves of Oak, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.