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Lyonetia clerkella
Apple Leaf-miner (Linnaeus, 1758)
Lyonetiidae: Lyonetiinae
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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 8-9mm
Flight: June - September
Foodplant:   Hawthorn, Cherry, Apple, Birch, Blackthorn, Rowan, Whitebeam, other Rosaceae
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1  Mine: A
Status
Widespread and common.
At least two generations and in favourable years three. Can overwinter as an adult and reappear in the spring.

Characteristic dark oval patch on the forewing.

Leaf-mine: May; July; September-October.
A long, whitish smoothly-curved upper-surface mine with broken black frass.
Pupates in a silken cocoon suspended from threads attached to food plant.

Recorded in 64 (86%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2025.
Additional Stats

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
16/05/2025328TL99Rockland St Peter
16/05/2025228TL99Thompson
09/05/2025628TL79Cranwich Heath
09/03/2025128TF51Walpole Highway
10/11/2024127TG14Sheringham / Beeston
05/11/20241027TM18Gissing
02/11/2024+28TF81Little Dunham
26/10/2024+27TG30Rockland Broad / Wheatfen
24/10/2024128TL89Ickburgh (Memorial)
20/10/2024+28TL98East Harling Heath
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