Gracillariidae     Lithocolletinae ABH 15.081 B&F 359   *   Phyllonorycter nicellii Leaf mines on Hazel, Corylus avellana. Wingspan: 7-8mm Season: Two generations, May and August Food plant: Hazel (Corylus avenella) Mine: July and September-October Underside mine between two veins, 15-20mm long with several small creases. Upper leaf surface is strongly arched. The larva pupates in a white cocoon in the mine, the frass heaped in the opposite corner.

Phyllonorycter nicellii
Wimborne, Dorset. October 2015