Gracillariidae

15.039 Common Oak Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter quercifoliella (Zeller, 1839)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 3.5 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits: The moth comes to light.

Foodplant: The larva forms a mine on the underside of an oak leaf. There are often several together between two veins. The lower surface has a strong fold. If on the margin the edge may fold over. In the summer it pupates in a cocoon completely covered in frass. In the winter the frass forms a 'U' shape.