Lep: Lithocolletinae
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365 Phyllonorycter comparella (Duponchel, 1843)
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the upper surface may show mottling

Food Plant: Populus alba (White Poplar), Populus canescens (Grey Poplar)

Egg: Underside of leaf

Mine: July, September-October

Notes: An underside mine, with few creases and causing little leaf distortion. Some mottling of the upper leaf surface may be caused

Data: 22.ix.2006, Fleet, Hants, VC12, ex mine 20.ix.2006, Nieuwendam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Willem Ellis

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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