Phyllonorycter joannisi

    White-bodied Midget

    GracillariidaeABH 15.085 B&F 363

    A leaf-miner on Norway Maple Acer platanoides.  Usually recorded as a leaf mine, though a higher proportion than usual for a Phyllonorycter are of adults to light.  Fairly scarce and local, occurring across the county, but with most records coming from the Taunton/Blackdowns area.

    Adult Verification Grade: 3

    Mine Verification Grade: A

    White-bodied Midget (Phyllonorycter joannisi) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers
    White-bodied Midget (Phyllonorycter joannisi) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers
    White-bodied Midget (Phyllonorycter joannisi) photographed in Somerset by Jenny Vickers