15.067 BF345 – Gracillariidae – Lithocolletinae – Phyllonorycter rajella
Gracillariidae – Lithocolletinae – Phyllonorycter rajella – Common Alder Midget
STATUS – Locally common across Derbyshire.
ID POINTERS – A Leaf-miner – A variable species, some dark, some pale. There is a broad white basal streak which is obvious. A black apex spot and pale cilia.
MINE – Occurs on Alder. The mines form blotches on the underside of the leave within the leaf cells.
FLIGHT PERIOD – On the wing during May & August
IMAGES – Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar
