8.005 BF128 - Incurvariidae - Incurvarrinae - Phylloporia bistrigella - Striped Cutter

8.005 BF128 - Incurvariidae - Incurvariinae - Phylloporia bistrigella - Striped Cutter - (Haworth, 1828)

Adult Micro: CAT 1 - Distinctive Species - Leaf-miner: CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required -

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- Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant - Leaf Miner

Taxonomy: Micro >> Incurvariidae

Other Name/s: Striped Leaf-cutter

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: A tiny little dark choclote brown colour with two obvious white stripes and a white tornal spot with white terminal cilia

Distribution: A rare species with only a few records from 1892 present during 1916-1926 – No modern day records – most likely to be under-recorded

Flight Period: May / June / July / - Flies in May-July often in daylight and can be attracted to light

Mine Period: July / August / - A Long mine on leaves of birch, usually encircling a large part of the leaf and ending in a whitish blotch with scattered frasse. A case is cut from end of blotch leaving a small oval hole. The Case falls to the ground where larvae pupates.

Moth Activity: Cathemeral - and is attracted to light

*** Last updated on 28 February 2025 by TD ***

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Wingspan: 8mm

Food Plant: Birch

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