Phyllocnistis citrella

Checklist Number
15.0931 [B&F: 0366b]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Gracillariidae
Subfamily:Phyllocnistinae
Genus:Phyllocnistis
Species:citrella
Authority:Stainton, 1856

A miner of the leaves and fruit of Citrus species. First described from India, it has become widespread globally wherever Citrus is grown commercially, spread by the export of the hostplant: in continental Europe recorded from the Azores, Balearic Isles Canary Isles, and throughout the Mediterranean region. In Britain, the first written account was of mines found and adults reared from Citrus from a garden centre in Burford, Oxfordshire in October 2012 by Robert Homan and recounted in Entomologist's Rec. J. Var (124) 2012: 279-281, which highlights the multiple incidents of interceptions at British ports and airports by the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate, and prior findings of mines in garden centres and supermarkets between 2004 and 2008. First identified in Hampshire from a shop-bought Citrus in 2014, and new to the Isle of Wight in 2020.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Records by week (adult)

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Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Freshwater (SZ38)22/09/2020twoPhil BardenMine (vacated)

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Chandlers Ford (SU41)15/03/2014oneBrian ElliottMine