Phyllonorycter strigulatella (Zeller, 1846)

(Grey-alder Midget)
15.0660 (B&F: 344)

»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Gracillarioidea
  »Family: Gracillariidae
   »Subfamily: Lithocolletinae
    »Tribe: Phalacropterygini

Synonym(s):

Phyllonorycter rajella sensu auctt. nec (Linnaeus, 1758)

Status and ecology:

National Status: Local

The only Sussex record of this Nationally Notable insect concerns the identification of a dozen larvae feeding on the undersides of leaves of a naturalised grey alder tree at Woods Mill on 19 August 2009, more being seen there one week later and on September 27th of the same year. (Pratt, 2011)

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mine on Grey Alder
Hampshire, 18 x 2012 Photo: Tony Davis

Phyllonorycter strigulatella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)