Gracillariidae

15.047 Cryptic Apple Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter hostis Triberti, 2007

Local

Similar species: Phyllonorycter blancardella. Check genitalia.

Forewing: 4 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland and mature hedgerows.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a mine between two veins on the underside of a leaf of Quince, Cultivated Apple, Crab Apple, Wild Service-tree or occasionally Blackthorn, Whitebeam or Wild Pear. The leaf is contorted by the mine. It pupates in a white silk-lined chamber with frass stacked behind.