Family: Gracillariidae       Sub-family: Lithocolletinae 342     *     Nut Leaf Blister Moth     *     Phyllonorycter coryli Photographs: Leaf mine on Hazel, Corylus avellana. July 2011 Wingspan: 7-9mm Flight time: 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.

Nut Leaf Blister Moth, Phyllonorycter coryli
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2011