Gracillariidae     Lithocolletinae ABH 15.053 B&F 332a   *   Phyllonorycter leucographella   *   Firethorn Leaf Miner Leaf mine photos on Apple (Malus) and Beech (Fagus). Sept 2011 Wingspan: 7-9mm. First recorded in Essex in 1989, sprreading rapidly. Flight time: Several generations, April-October Food plants: Rosaceous spp., mainly Firethorn (Pyracantha). Mines have also been found on Beech (Fagus) but it appears these cannot complete their development. (Scroll down for photo) Mine: July and October-April Egg on base of midrib. The initial corridor widens into a sivery, upperside blotch, positioned over the midrib. Leaf may contract upwards.

Firethorn Leaf Miner, Phyllonorycter leucographella
Leaf mines on Apple and Beech. Parkstone, Dorset. September 2011. Adult: September 2012 (not ex-mine)