15.044 .... B&F 0324
Phyllonorycter sorbi (Frey, 1855)
Status .....Largely recorded only from the Sherwood Forest area, where leaf mines are often common on Mountain Ash growing in sheltered/shaded locations. Should be more widespread in the county and the leaf mines relatively easy to find.
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Adult, photographed ex-Thieves Wood leaf mine July 2020
 
 
Leaf mine photographed on Mountain Ash, Warsop Main Pit Top July 2007
 
 
Nottinghamshire (VC56) distribution of Phyllonorycter sorbi
 
 
 
 
The records for the Nottinghamshire distribution map are currently provided by the following contributors - Trevor and Dilys Pendleton. Sherwood Forest Invertebrate Directory 2014. Martin Gray.

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Updated January 2021

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