Leucoptera malifoliella (Pear Leaf Blister Moth)


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Leucoptera malifoliella
Pear Leaf Blister Moth (Costa, 1836)
Lyonetiidae : Cemiostominae

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Similar Species
Laburnum Leaf-miner Leucoptera laburnella

Broom Stem-miner
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 2024.

Latest 10 Records
Date	#	VC	10k	Area
08/05/2024	3	28	TL99	Little Ellingham
10/11/2023	1	28	TL99	Rockland All Saints
28/10/2023	+	28	TF63	Ken Hill Wood / Snettisham
14/10/2023	+	28	TF84	Holkham Gap
23/09/2023	+	27	TG41	Filby
21/09/2023	+	28	TF61	Blackborough End
19/09/2023	+	28	TL98	Bridgham
15/09/2023	1	28	TF73	Ringstead
14/09/2023	4	28	TL99	Rockland St Peter
14/09/2023	+	27	TG12	Cawston

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