Status
Widespread on heaths and open woodland.
Adults usually grey in colour with white tips of the apictal cilia.
Adults of all Paronix species are very similar and determination requires genital dissection or rearing of larvae.
Leaf-mine: June, September-October
Phyllonorycter-like mine Later in one or more successive leaf cones.  | Determination by Genitalia Examination Required | |
| Mine: Either the leaf or a good photograph required | |
Recorded in 35 (47%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023. |