21.004 Leucoptera laburnella Copyright Martin Evans
21.004 Leucoptera laburnella larva 3.5mm Copyright Martin Evans
21.004 Leucoptera laburnella cocoon Copyright Martin Evans
Distribution map Copyright Martin Evans
Life stages table Copyright Martin Evans 21.004 Leucoptera laburnella Copyright Martin Evans

Lyonetiidae

21.004 Laburnum Leaf-miner Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851)

Common

Similar species:

Forewing: 3.5 to 4.5mm

Habitats: Parks and gardens.

Habits: The moth flies at dusk and later will occasionally come to light.

Foodplant: The larva mines Common Laburnum, Dyer's Greenweed and occasionally Garden Lupin making a small blotch on the upper surface, then a gallery mine leading to a large blotch that may occupy half of the leaf. The frass in the gallery is green, while the frass in the final blotch is black and arranged in a spiral. It pupates in a white cocoon spun to a leaf or in the leaf litter.