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Phyllonorycter lantanella

Family: Gracillariidae       Sub-family: Lithocolletinae

ABH 15.051
B&F 331     *     Phyllonorycter lantanella

Photographs on Viburnum tinus. UK September 2011. Adult ex mine

Wingspan: 9mm
Flight time: May and August

Food plant: Viburnum spp.
Mine: July and September-April
A lower surface tentiform mine, usually formed between two side veins.
The lower surface is creased, initially whitish then becoming brown.


Phyllonorycter lantanella



Phyllonorycter lantanella
Leaf mine on Viburnum tinus. UK. September 2011

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