Thursday, 13 August 2015

Phyllonorycter muelleriella strikes again

On 31st July I had a look for leaf mines on oak at Hailey Park Meadow in Llandaff North. I was pretty disappointed at the time to only find one mine, but thought I'd bring it home anyway to try and rear the adult. This emerged today and proved to be another Phyllonorycter muelleriella.



The location (ST1479) fits well with the other recent records from Coryton roundabout and Radyr Golf Course (see map below). The tree from which the mine was collected was young, and the habitat certainly couldn't be described as ancient woodland (the stated habitat for this species in the literature). There are, however, some large oaks not too far away.


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5 comments:

  1. Barry Stewart13 August 2015 at 17:48

    That's a very smart moth as well as a great record.

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  2. GMT13 August 2015 at 19:24

    Shame it wouldn't pose on anything but the window!

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  3. Howard Burt13 August 2015 at 23:12

    A lovely moth George ... wherever it poses.

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  4. DRWG14 August 2015 at 10:17

    George: I see your using the Glamorgan Unitary Authorities map with the VC boundary inlaid. There is a VC41 Glamorgan only map without the additional UA borders - some of which show areas of Brecknockshire & Monmouthshire which can be misleading. See DJS if it isn't in your Base Maps.

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  5. GMT14 August 2015 at 10:38

    Yes, good point Jake, I like to have the UA boundaries on the map but it does obscure the VC boundary a bit. I think I can tinker with it...

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