15.041 BF321a – Plane Leaf-miner – Phyllonorycter platani – (Staudinger, 1870)
Adult Micro: CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species – Leaf-miner: CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – 
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– Uncertain/Unknown – Insufficient Data 
– Leaf-miner
– care required in the identification process, as confusion with similar species is likely – quality photographs required. Confusion Species: Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Common Oak Leaf-miner); Phyllonorycter messaniella (Ilex Leaf-miner)
ID pointers: A distinctive species with a golden ochre ground colour to the forewing and markings of silvery white edged with grey. A black apical spot
Distribution: (Last record: 23 September 2025 at Alvaston Park, Derby ) – Uncertain due to insufficient data – likely to be under-recorded and locally common – Recorded in 2024
– An adult reared from Leaf Mine collected on 11/8/2025 from Alvaston Park, Derby and emerged on 22/8/2025.
General Comment: None Mine Period Additional: Large mines with several in a leaf and very distinctive
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
*** Last updated on 3 November 2025 by TD ***
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Andrew-John Shervill
Last Recorded General Area – Alvaston Park, Derby
Selected Images:
Alavston Park & River Derwent, Derby – Neil Gregory©/ Alvaston Park 11th & 22nd Aug 2025 / Sam Goddard©/ 23rd Sept 2025 – Sunnyhill Park – Andrew-John Shervill©
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2012 - 2025) | Immatures: (between 2010 - 2025)
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Distribution Map for Phyllonorycter platani
Found 12 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 9 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 3 from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 9 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 3 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Phyllonorycter platani
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the map does give a general indication of the moth's distribution across the UK.
Monthly Records By Year:
Phyllonorycter platani
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year:
Phyllonorycter platani
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Phyllonorycter platani
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]
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Recordings By Year: Phyllonorycter platani
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Phyllonorycter platani
AGR: 20.69% | Total % Change: 1580%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Phyllonorycter platani
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Phyllonorycter platani
Phyllonorycter platani
Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.
Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Phyllonorycter platani
Phyllonorycter platani
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2026.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Phyllonorycter platani – 12 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Staveley, Derbyshire | SK47H | 04/10/2025 | 1 | mine | Morris, Sid | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45776480 |
| Sunnyhill Park, Derby | SK33L | 23/09/2025 | 500 | mine | Shervill, Andrew | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45506983 |
| Alvaston, Derby, Derby | SK33S | 16/09/2025 | 1 | adult | Goddard, Sam | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45354863 |
| Alvaston Park | SK33S | 22/08/2025 | 1 | adult | Goddard, Sam | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44679085 |
| Meersbrook Park | SK38L | 13/08/2025 | 1 | mine | Mella, Pete | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44475132 |
| Alvaston Park, Derby | SK33S | 21/09/2024 | 1 | mine | Neil Gregory | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38567587 |
| River Derwent, Derby | SK33S | 21/09/2024 | 1 | mine | Neil Gregory | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38567622 |
| Derby DESW, UK | SK33S | 31/08/2022 | 1 | Larva | SK53 | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC28795954 |
| Woodland Ave | SK43R | 09/05/2020 | 1 | adult | Thorpe, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC33500607 |
| Derby, Bass's Recreation Ground | SK33N | 02/08/2012 | 1 | Adult | RHoman | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC145011 |
| Derby (Bass Recreation Ground) | SK33T | 02/08/2012 | 1 | Larval Mine | R. Homan | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP89K |
| South St, Derby | SK33N | 20/10/2010 | 6 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTRB |