Phyllonorycter pastorella
Checklist Number15.0862 [B&F: 0364a]
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: | pastorella |
| Authority: | (Zeller, 1846) |
A recent arrival and uncommon resident. Discovered in Buckingham Palace Gardens, London in 2014 (Ent Rec J Var 127:1, 2015), and subsequently in Kent in 2017, Middlesex in 2018 and further to a number of counties in south and eastern England. A miner of the undersides of narrow-leaved willow species are mentioned, as well as poplars. New for Hampshire in 2022, when mines were found on Salix fragilis in both spring and autumn in Blackwater on the Hants / Surrey border. It creates large, tentiform mines on the underside of leaves with a single sharp longitudinal fold. The adult is white or light ochre with brown markings; it is very similar to P. apparella requires genitalia determination for definitive identification.
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 | |
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Records by week (adult)
Records by week (larval)
VC12 North Hampshire
| Site | Date | Quantity | Recorder | Stage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawley Meadows (SU85) | 09/05/2022 | six | Ben Dale | Mine |
| Hawley Meadows (SU85) | 18/09/2022 | one | Ben Dale | Mine |