Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella

    Red Birch Midget

    GracillariidaeABH 15.075 B&F 353

    Despite the scientific name, a miner of birches.  It is restricted by the distribution of its host plant, and most common where they occur naturally, but fairly readily colonises planted birches, and as a result is rather more widely distributed than the birch-feeding Stigmella leaf-miners.

    Adult Verification Grade: 4

    Mine Verification Grade: A

    Red Birch Midget (Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella) photographed in Somerset by Paul Wilkins
    Red Birch Midget (Phyllonorycter ulmifoliella) photographed in Somerset by Paul Wilkins