Family: Gracillariidae       Sub-family: Lithocolletinae 332a     *     Firethorn Leaf Miner     *     Phyllonorycter leucographella Leaf mine photographs on Apple, Malus. UK September 2011 Wingspan: 7-9mm. First recorded in Essex in 1989, sprreading rapidly. Flight time: Several generations, April-October Food plants: Rosaceous spp., mainly Firethorn (Pyracantha). Mines have also been found on Beech (Fagus) but it appears these cannot complete their development. Mine: July and October-April Egg on base of midrib. The initial corridor widens into a sivery, upperside blotch, positioned over the midrib. Leaf may contract upwards.

Firethorn Leaf Miner, Phyllonorycter leucographella
Leaf mine on Apple, Malus domestica. UK. September 2011