Gracillariidae

15.083 Banded Honeysuckle Leaf-miner Phyllonorycter trifasciella (Haworth, 1828)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 3.5 to 4mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland, woodland rides, clearings and margins and scrub.

Habits:

Foodplant: The larva forms a mine between the leaf margin and the midrib on the underside of a leaf of Honeysuckle or occasionally Snowberry or Himalayan Honeysuckle. The mine contracts diagonally causing the leaf to roll transversely. Occasionally the mine is on the upperside.