Family:       Sub-family: 99     *     Stigmella hybnerella Leaf mine photographs on Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. Sept 2011 Wingspan: 4-5mm Flight time: Two generations, April-May and July-August Food plants: Rosaceae: Hawthorn (Crataegus), also found on Sorbus, Amelanchier, Cotoneaster Mine: May-June and July-September Egg can be laid on either side of leaf. The early gallery with linear frass widens abruptly into a blotch with dispersed frass. Blotch often near leaf margin. White larva with brown head.

Stigmella hybnerella
Leaf mine on Hawthorn, Crataegus monogyna. Bantry, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. September 2011