Family: Incurvariidae       Sub-family: Incurvariinae 130     *     Incurvaria masculella Wingspan: 12-16mm. Males have 'comb-like' antennae Flight time: May Food plants: Hawthorn and Rose, occasionally other trees and shrubs Mine: Initially a blotch mine then the larvae make a case from a section cut from the leaf and fall to the ground. Similar: Incurvaria pectinea

Incurvaria masculella
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. May 2011