Phyllonorycter coryli Gracillariidae     Lithocolletinae

ABH 15.064
B&F 342   *   Phyllonorycter coryli   *   Nut Leaf Blister Moth

Leaf mine photographs on Hazel, Coryllus avellana.

Wingspan: 7-9mm
Season: May and August

Food plant: Hazel (Corylus)
Mine: July and September-October
Upper surface mine over vein. Initially appears as a flat, silvery blotch with brown speckles, then contracts, folding leaf upwards. Frass in opposite corner to pupa. Can be several mines in each leaf.


Phyllonorycter coryli


Phyllonorycter coryli


Phyllonorycter coryli
Phyllonorycter coryli
Leaf mine on Hazel, Corylus. Dorset. August 2013

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