Periclista lineolata
Adults are 6 to 7 mm long, fairly thick set, predominantly black, but with hind margins of the abdominal segments pale and with white marked legs.
Periclista lineolata larvae feed on sessile and English oak. This species has branched bristles dorsally with the branches about the same length as the stems. The anal segment has a row of six unbranched bristles with a small forked bristle on either side posterior to the row. The head is dark.
Adult, 
Larva and leafmine (when the host plant is identified)
Look in areas containing mature Oaks.
Springtime species usually seen about April.
The spiky looking larvae graze the undersides of the leaves of Oaks.
Most British records come from southern Britain
Fairly frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland.
Mark Skevington
Whetstone Garden
28 May 2010
larva
Kate Nightingale
Charnwood Lodge
22 May 2014
Graham Calow
Burbage Common and Woods
12 May 2011
larva
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Species profile
- Species group:
- insect - hymenopteran
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Hymenoptera
- Family:
- Tenthredinidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 5
- First record:
- 28/05/2010 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 30/05/2019 (Grimes, Martin)
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Kate Nightingale
Charnwood Lodge
02 June 2016
martindgrimes
Rutland Water, Egleton
30 May 2019
