Irish moths

Phyllonorycter spinicolella

Family: Gracillariidae       Sub-family: Lithocolletinae

329     *     Phyllonorycter spinicolella

Photographs: Leaf mine on Rum Cherry (Prunus serotina). July 2011

Wingspan: 6-8mm
Flight time: May and August

Food plant: Prunus spp: Blackthorn (P. spinosa), also P. cerasifera, domestica, fruticans and paduus
Mine: July and September-April
A lower surface mine with several creases in lower epidermis causing the leaf to fold or arch


Phyllonorycter spinicolella


Phyllonorycter spinicolella

Phyllonorycter spinicolella
Mine on Rum Cherry, Prunus serotina. Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2011

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