Parornix anglicella Gracillariidae     Gracillariidae

ABH 15.028
B&F 303   *   Parornix anglicella

Leaf mine photographs on Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna.

Wingspan: 9-11mm. Gen.det required for identification
Season: Two generations, April-May and August

Food plant: Hawthorn (Crataegus)
Mine: July and August-September
Egg laid on underside of leaf. A small, lower-surface corridor leads to a blotch in a lobe tip. Lower surface of blotch is wrinkled rather than clearly folded, the frass in loose grains.


Parornix anglicella


Parornix anglicella
Parornix anglicella
Leaf mine on Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. Dorset. July 2013 and August 2015

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