Lyonetiidae      Lyonetiinae  ABH 21.001 B&F 263   *   Lyonetia clerkella   *   Apple Leaf Miner Photographs: Mines on Birch (Betula), Apple (Malus) and Amelanchier Wingspan: 7-9mm Flight time: April-September Food plants: Various Rosaceous species, also Birch (Betula) Mine: May-October Egg is laid inside leaf. A long, curving, whitish mine with broken frass occurs on the upper surface of the leaf. The larva is deeply segmented.

Lyonetia clerkella, Apple Leaf Miner
Leaf mines September 2011. Adults August and September 2012