Gracillariidae

15.066 Grey Alder Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter strigulatella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 3.5 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Parks, verges, embankments, amenity planting, gardens, fens and marshes.

Habits:

Foodplant: A long narrow mine between two veins, but not quite reaching the midrib on the underside of a leaf of Grey Alder or occasionally Common Alder. The mine causes several creases on the lower leaf surface. There are often several mines per leaf.