Family: Gracillariidae       Sub-family: Gracillariinae ABH 15.016 B&F 297     *     Euspilapteryx auroguttella (Eucalybites auroguttella) Identification needs confirming Leaf mine photographs on St. John's-wort, Hypericum. September 2011 Wingspan: 9-10mm Flight time: May and August Food plant: St. John's-wort (Hypericum) Mine: June and September-October Initially a lower surface corridor, then widening into a blotch with orange-brown upper surface. The lower surface folds and finally the leaf forms a contorted cone.

Eucalybites auroguttella
Leaf mine on St. John's-wort, Hypericum. Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. September 2011