Family: Lyonetiidae       Sub-family: Cemiostominae 254     *     Laburnum Leaf Miner     *     Leucoptera laburnella Leaf mine photographs on Laburnum. Wingspan: 7-9 mm Flight time: Food plants: Usually found on Laburnum (including hybrids), occasionally also on Dyer's Greenweed (Genista tinctoria) Mine: June - July and September Egg laid underside of leaf. Short gallery with greenish frass develops into a pale blotch with +/- spiralled blackish frass. Larvae pupate in silken cocoon

Laburnum Leaf Miner, Leucoptera laburnella
Leaf mine on Laburnum. Skibbereen, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. June 2023