15.0862 BF364b  –  Gracillariidae –  Lithocolletinae  – Phyllonorycter pastorella – Royal Leaf-miner – Zeller, 1846 Adult Micro:  CAT 3 – Very Rare/Scarce/Migrant/Adventive – confusion with leaf mines       Leaf-miner:  CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon – click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon – click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Brown –  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant         purple – Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro   >>  Gracillariidae  >> Lithocolletinae
ID Difficulty:  Red – difficult to identify – detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
ID pointers: TBA
Distribution:  (First record: 22 September 2025 at Alvaston Park, Derby )  –  (Last record: 11 October 2025 at Willington Wetlands )  –  The species was Discovered in Buckingham Palace Gardens, London in 2014.Little known about the species. Four mines were found at Alvaston Park, Derby on 22nd September 2025, the first record for VC57 Derbyshire. 1st record of adult bred through from leaf Mine 25/9/2025.
General Comment: None
Flight Period: August /  September /  October –  Over winters as an adult Mine Period:  September /  October /  November
Mine Period Additional: The mines are larger than any Brtish Phyllonorycters and found on long-leaved Willows.
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
Moth Activity: Cathemeral   – and is attracted to light Photographed: Yes –  Photographed By: Sam Goddard (Leaf Mine) & adult; Tony Davison (Leaf mine and exuviae)  © All Rights Reserved
*** Last updated on 11 October 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 7-8.5mm
Food Plant: Crack Willow, Weeping Willow, Hybrid Crack-Willow
Last Recorded Year: 2025
First Recorded Year: 2025
Last Recorded By – Tony Davison & Sam Goddard
Last Recorded General Area – Willington Wetlands

Selected Images:  Alvaston Park, 22nd Sept 2025 1st record – Sam Goddard© adult bred from Leaf Mine 25th Sept 2025 – 1st record of adult – Sam Goddard© / Willington Wetlands (October 2025) Tony Davison©



Distribution Map for Phyllonorycter pastorella

Found 3 records
    ↳ 3 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 0 from Before 2020
Flying
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Mining
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution - This moth may be an aggregate and as such no specific records of distribution exist.


Monthly Records By Year: Phyllonorycter pastorella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Monthly Counts By Year: Phyllonorycter pastorella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )


First/Last Recorded Dates: Phyllonorycter pastorella
Adult-only & Anything [Larvae, Pupae, Adult, Mines]

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Recordings By Year: Phyllonorycter pastorella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Phyllonorycter pastorella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Phyllonorycter pastorella
Insufficient records/data for an AGR analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025
Phyllonorycter pastorella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2025

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Phyllonorycter pastorella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Phyllonorycter pastorella
( data includes Adult Stage only )

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 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Phyllonorycter pastorella
( 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 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Phyllonorycter pastorella – 3 records available

Listed by Year - descending - scroll across to see all table columns

Site NameTetradDateCountStageSource
Willington WetlandsSK22Y11/10/20252mine (empty)vc57_irecords_extract
Allenton, Derby, DerbySK33R26/09/20251adultvc57_irecords_extract
Alvaston ParkSK33S22/09/20251minevc57_irecords_extract

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