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Parornix anglicella

Family: Gracillariidae       Sub-family: Gracillariinae

303     *     Parornix anglicella

Leaf mine photographs on Hawthorn, Crateagus monogyna.

Wingspan: 9-11mm. Gen.det required
Flight time: April-May and August

Food plant: Hawthorn (Crataegus)
Mine: July and August-September
Egg underside of leaf. A small, lower-surface corridor leads to a blotch in a lobe tip. Lower surface is wrinkled rather than clearly folded, the frass in loose grains.


Parornix anglicella


Parornix anglicella

Parornix anglicella
Leaf mine on Hawthorn, Crateagus monogyna. Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. September 2011

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