Family: Gracillariidae

15.053 Firethorn Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter leucographella

There are 103 county records of 214 individuals from 20 different sites. First recorded in 2006.

Individual records comprise of: [132 Adult] [1 Larval] [73 Mine] [8 Mine (vacated)] .

Occurrence by month (Adults)

May
23
Jun
30
Jul
7
Aug
10
Sep
16
Oct
16
Dec
30

Earliest: 16 May 2009 - Latest: 19 Dec 2014

Historical Abundance

2020
11
2019
4
2018
4
2017
8
2016
5
2015
9
2014
37
2013
5
2012
23
2011
82

Records (Individuals) by Vice County

VC67
90 (192)
VC68
13 (22)

Status Grade 2

Larval food plants

Apple Malus pumila
Common Hawthorn Crataegus monogyna
Cotoneaster Cotoneaster x wateri
Firethorn Pyracantha coccinea
London Plane Platanus x hispanica
Pear Pyrus communis
Rowan Sorbus aucuparia
Whitebeam Sorbus aria

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