Family: Gracillariidae       Sub-family: Lithocolletinae ABH B&F 323     *     Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae Photographs: Leaf mine on Hawthorn (Crataegus). July 2011 Wingspan: 6-8mm Flight time: Two generations, May and August Food plant: Hawthorn (Crataegus) Mine: July and September-October Lower surface mine, often in lobe of leaf. Lower epidermis with many folds, strongly contracting the leaf edge or lobe downwards

Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae
Mine on Hawthorn (Crataegus). Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2011