Gracillariidae

15.076 Honeysuckle Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter emberizaepennella (Bouché, 1834)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 4.5 to 5mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a large mine covering the whole underside of a leaf of Honeysuckle or sometimes Snowberry or Himalayan Honeysuckle. The underside is covered in folds and sometimes the leaf is distorted. It pupates in a brown cocoon in the mine.