Photo © Mike Wall

Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella

Checklist Number
15.070 [B&F: 0348]

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

Classification

Family:Gracillariidae
Subfamily:Lithocolletinae
Genus:Phyllonorycter
Species:quinqueguttella
Authority:(Stainton, 1851)

Nationally scarce (Nb) on sand-dunes and heaths, mainly in coastal counties of Britain. In Hampshire restricted to Emer Bog and a few boggy areas in the New Forest. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 6-7.5 mm. Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Creeping Willow, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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)

No Adult records to show.

Records by week (larval)

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Emer Bog (SU32)1968-D H Sterling-
Pig Bush (SU30)19/09/1980-J R Langmaid, R J HeckfordMine
Emer Bog NR (SU32)28/09/1980-J R Langmaid, D H, P H SterlingMine
Emer Bog NR (SU32)03/10/1982-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingMine
Emer Bog NR (SU32)26/09/1987-J R Langmaid, D H, P H, M J SterlingMine
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SZ39)03/10/1998-David G GreenLarval
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SU30)03/10/1998-Richard J DicksonMine
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SU30)03/10/1998-J R Langmaid, R J Dickson, D G Green, T Norriss, P BuddMine
Roydon Common (SU30)1999-Phil Budd-
Roydon Woods HIWWT NR, NF (SU30)28/10/1999-Phil BuddLarval
Holmsley Bog (SSSI) (SU20)23/09/2003-David G GreenLarval
Emer Bog NR (SU32)28/09/2006-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine

VC22 West Berkshire (Hants county)

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Burnt Common (SU66)02/10/2004oneGraham DennisMine