Photo © Rob Edmunds

Phyllonorycter tenerella

Checklist Number
15.037 [B&F: 0318]

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:tenerella
Authority:(Joannis, 1915)

Local in woodland throughout much of south-eastern England, found elsewhere as an introduction in Hornbeam plantations. In Hampshire apart from one old record from Alice Holt in 1963, recorded only since 1998, mostly by Rob Edmunds around Fleet, but also near Bentley and Odiham in north Hampshire and at Lower Test Marsh in south Hampshire. Recorded on the Isle of Wight for the first time at Osborne in 2010. Wingspan 6-8 mm. Imago may come to light, but more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Hornbeam, 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)

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Osborne (SZ59)17/08/2010twoDavid BiggsMine

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Lower Test Marshes NR (SU31)1998onePhil BuddAdult
Ashurst, NF (SU31)24/07/2010oneKeith GodfreyAdult
Bournemouth (SZ19)17/10/2014oneDavid EvansMine
Bournemouth (SZ19)13/06/2015oneDavid EvansAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Alice Holt (SU84)02/09/1963-E A SadlerLarval
Bentley Station Meadow (SU74)28/08/1998oneDavid G GreenMine
Harewood Peak (SU44)16/10/2000oneDavid G GreenLarval
Bentley (SU74)12/10/2001-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine
Odiham Common (SU75)12/10/2002-Rob EdmundsLarval
Rotten Green (SU75)20/10/2002twoRob EdmundsLarval
Fleet (SU75)10/10/2003-Rob EdmundsLarval
Rotten Green (SU75)15/10/2004-Rob EdmundsLarval
Fleet (SU75)21/10/2004oneRob EdmundsLarval
Fleet (SU75)21/11/2004oneRob EdmundsPupal
Odiham Wood (SU75)22/10/2006-Tony DobsonMine
Odiham Common (SU75)22/10/2006oneJ R Langmaid, J Porter, G A CollinsMine
Wildhern (SU35)08/10/2007-Phil BuddMine
Fleet (SU75)10/10/2008oneRob EdmundsMine
Butterwood, Greywell (SU75)07/11/2010oneJ R Langmaid, R J Dickson, M J Wall, A H Dobson, P A BosweMine
Butter Wood (SU75)15/10/201115Tony DobsonMine
Morgaston Wood (SU65)28/09/2013-Phil BuddMine
Liss Forest (SU72)15/10/2019-J R Langmaid, R J Moore, M R, J E YoungMine
Basingstoke (SU65)05/09/2021-Mike WallMine (vacated)