Lep:Lithocolletinae
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332a Phyllonorycter leucographella (Zeller, 1850)
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mine on Cotoneaster

 

Food Plant: Pyracantha (Firethorn), Crataegus (Hawthorn), Malus (Apple), Sorbus (Rowan/Whitebeam), Cotoneaster

Mine: July, October - April

Notes: The mine is upper side and silvery, over the midrib. Leaf later may fold upwards, concealing the mine. The larva in the autumn generation over winters in the mine. The mine shown is on Cotoneaster.

Data: 21.ix.2010, Bamford, Derbyshire, VC 57

Image:© Steve Hind

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