15.081 BF359 – Hazel Leaf-miner – Phyllonorycter nicellii – (Stainton, 1851)
Adult Micro: CAT 2 – Can be confused with other species – Leaf-miner: CAT A – Recorded accepted without the leaf or a photo – Larval Case: C1 – Distinctive Species –
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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: P.klemannella, P.froelichiella
ID pointers: An attractively marked little moth – Reddish chestnut forewing with three black zig-zag cross-bands, bordered white or creamish-white – a pinkish coloured head and an obvious black tornal spot. Two complete white fasciae with no basal streak.
Distribution: (Last record: 4 October 2025 at Wyver Lane ) – A common species that is widely found across the British Isles. The status in Derbyshire is uncertain due to insufficient available data. All recent records refer to leaf-mines
General Comment: None Mine Period Additional: None.
Mine ID Difficulty:
– Care required in ID process as confusion with similar leaf mines. Quality photos of the mine required. Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: The larvae mine the leaves of Hazel creating a long, lower-surface tentiform mine in a small rectangular mine on the underside of the leaf between the leaf veins. Strongly arched and the upper surface of the leaf often shows a mottled brown pattern, with a central green patch
*** Last updated on 22 January 2026 by TD ***
Last Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Dave Evans
Last Recorded General Area – Wyver Lane
Selected Images:
Martin C. Harvey© / Buxton – Steve Orridge© / Wyver Lane Aug & Oct 2025 – Dave Evans©
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Temporal Distribution Chart
Adults: (between 2016 - 2016) | Immatures: (between 2001 - 2025)
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This chart summarises all available historical occurrence records collated by ISO week of the year. It reflects recorder effort and sampling distribution as well as true biological activity, and should be interpreted as an indicative pattern of seasonal occurrence rather than a statistically controlled abundance or phenology model.
Distribution Map for Phyllonorycter nicellii
Found 39 records
↳ from 2026+
↳ 12 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 27 from Before 2020
↳ from 2026+
↳ 12 from 2020 - 2025
↳ 27 from Before 2020
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Phyllonorycter nicellii
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Monthly Records By Year:
Phyllonorycter nicellii
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year:
Phyllonorycter nicellii
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Phyllonorycter nicellii
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]
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Recordings By Year: Phyllonorycter nicellii
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Phyllonorycter nicellii
AGR: 4.68% | Total % Change: 200%
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Phyllonorycter nicellii
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Phyllonorycter nicellii
Phyllonorycter nicellii
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 nicellii
Phyllonorycter nicellii
( 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 nicellii – 39 records available
Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns
| Site Name | Tetrad | Date | Count | Stage | Recorder | Source | RecordKey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry's Wood, Smisby | SK32K | 13/10/2025 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC50352002 |
| Darwin Forest | SK26X | 04/10/2025 | 4 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC45786881 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 13/08/2025 | 6 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44440769 |
| DWT Wyver Lane | SK34P | 06/08/2025 | 1 | mine (empty) | Evans, Dave | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC44213587 |
| Pottery Wood | SK32G | 05/11/2024 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC41038960 |
| Burton upon Trent | SK32P | 05/11/2024 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC41038914 |
| Lathkill Dale | SK16X | 16/10/2024 | 1 | mine | Harvey, Martin C. | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC38901109 |
| Poppy Wood | SK32S | 22/11/2023 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35107069 |
| Calke Park | SK32R | 01/10/2023 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35105549 |
| Carver's Rocks | SK32G | 30/09/2023 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35106091 |
| Carver's Rocks | SK32H | 21/09/2023 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35106116 |
| Allestree Park | SK34K | 25/09/2022 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35105371 |
| Grange Wood | SK21S | 13/09/2018 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35106445 |
| Coombs Dale, Calver | SK27H | 30/07/2016 | 1 | Adult | Watchorn, Andrew | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC3782467 |
| nr Smith's Gorse, Hartshorne, Swadlincote | SK32G | 15/08/2014 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COYYA |
| Robin Wood, Ticknall | SK32M | 01/09/2013 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COYTX |
| Millers Dale | SK17G | 03/09/2011 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP7LO |
| Thorpe, Ashbourne DE, UK | SK15K | 13/10/2010 | 1 | Larva | Orridge, Steve | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC23128101 |
| Thorpe, Dovedale | SK15K | 13/10/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6QQ |
| Ashford in the Water | SK16Z | 22/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6OV |
| Ashford in the Water | SK16Z | 22/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6PJ |
| Bamford | SK28B | 21/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | K. McCabe;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTPV |
| Ladybower Resr | SK18U | 03/09/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP6L5 |
| Carvers Rocks, Hartshorne, Swadlincote | SK32G | 18/08/2010 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COTMY |
| Hopton Wood NR, Cromford | SK25T | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COT0X |
| Cromford | SK25Y | 16/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP564 |
| Linacre | SK37L | 13/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP559 |
| Coombs Dale,Stoney Middleton | SK27H | 12/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWZ3 |
| Coombs Dale,Stoney Middleton | SK27H | 12/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP541 |
| Hope | SK18R | 07/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COSZJ |
| Tissington Trail, Ashbourne | SK14T | 01/10/2009 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.A. Orridge;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COWYU |
| Calke Park | SK32L | 25/10/2008 | 1 | Mine | Finch, Graham Leonard | vc57_irecords_extract | iBRC35105488 |
| Calke Park,Ticknall | SK32R | 25/10/2008 | 1 | Larval Mine | VC57 Derbyshire Recorder | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COSOL |
| Lathkill Dale,Bakewell | SK16Y | 19/09/2008 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP4LN |
| Lathkill Dale,Bakewell | SK26D | 19/09/2008 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth;S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP4LY |
| Monsall Trail, Buxton | SK17L | 14/09/2008 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COSNR |
| Carvers Rocks (sth Bridle Path), Hartshorne, Swadlincote | SK32G | 22/10/2007 | 1 | Larval Mine | Dave Budworth | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COSGT |
| Shallcross Wood, Goyt Valley, Whaley Bridge | SK07E | 26/09/2006 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001CP9YC |
| Abbotsholme School, Rocester | SK13E | 04/10/2001 | 1 | Larval Mine | S.H. Hind | vc57_danes_bc_data | LC000334001COVGX |