Family: Lyonetiidae        Sub-family: Lyonetiinae  263     *     Apple Leaf Miner     *     Lyonetia clerkella Photographs: Leaf mine on Apple (Malus). June 2011 Wingspan: 7-9mm Flight time: April-September Food plants: Various Rosaceous species, also Birch (Betula) Mine: May-October Egg is laid inside leaf. A long, curving, whitish mine with broken frass occurs on the upper surface of the leaf. The larva is deeply segmented.

Apple Leaf Miner, Lyonetia clerkella
On Apple (Malus). Fota, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. June 2011