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Leucoptera malifoliella
Pear Leaf Blister Moth (Costa, 1836)
Lyonetiidae: Cemiostominae
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Photo © Rob Edmunds,  Downham Market, 06/08/10

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Laburnum Leaf-miner
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Leucoptera spartifoliella
Wingspan: 7-8mm
Flight: June - July.
Foodplant:   Hawthorn, Apple, Whitebeam, Rowan, Pear, Blackthorn, Quince, Cotoneaster
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 2  Mine: A
Status
Widespread.
Most Norfolk records are of leaf-mines, adult moths rarely seen.

Leaf-mine: Larva makes a distinctive round blotch mine with spiral frass.

Verification Grade Comment: Mine: L when on hawthorn to distinguish from Stigmella paradoxa

Recorded in 47 (64%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
10/11/2023128TL99Rockland All Saints
28/10/2023+28TF63Ken Hill Wood / Snettisham
14/10/2023+28TF84Holkham Gap
23/09/2023+27TG41Filby
21/09/2023+28TF61Blackborough End
19/09/2023+28TL98Bridgham
15/09/2023128TF73Ringstead
14/09/2023428TL99Rockland St Peter
14/09/2023+27TG12Cawston
11/09/2023228TL99Rockland St Peter
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