Lyonetiidae

21.003 Trefoil Blister Moth Leucoptera lotella (Stainton, [1858])

Notable A

Similar species:

Forewing: 2.5 to 3mm

Habitats: Dry pasture, verges, embankments, damp pasture, downland, marshes and fens.

Habits:

Foodplant: The mine is a circular blotch on the upper surface of a leaf of Common Bird's-foot Trefoil or Greater Bird's-foot Trefoil. It has many broad lobes, but no preceding gallery. The frass is arranged in a spiral. The larva may leave a mine and start a new one, sometimes in a new leaf. It pupates in a white cocoon spun to a leaf, a stem or in the leaf litter.