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Phyllonorycter roboris

Checklist Number
15.035 [B&F: 0316]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

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

Nationally scarce (Nb) in mature oak woodland in parts of England and eastern Wales. Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 7-9 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 Oak, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.