Family: Incurvariidae Checklist Number: 8.005
Phylloporia bistrigella (Haworth, 1828)
Striped Cutter
A tiny 3-4mm long black and white micro-moth. Just one recent record when an adult was netted in an area of Silver Birch (Betula pendula) on South Uist in July 2024. Birch is the larval foodplant. There is an earlier record from Lewis (Waterston, 1981).
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.