Gracillariidae

15.070 Sandhill Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter quinqueguttella (Stainton, 1851)

Notable B

Similar species:

Forewing: 3 to 3.5mm

Habitats: Heathland, fens, marshes and sand-dunes.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms an underside mine covering most or all of a leaf of Creeping Willow. The leaf margins curl down to form a tube due to the contraction of the mines surface.