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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, 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 2024.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
15/02/2024128TF63Snettisham
20/11/2023+28TL99Rockland St Peter
20/11/2023127TM18Scole Common
19/11/2023+28TF83North Creake
18/11/2023+28TF74Ringstead
17/11/2023+27TM18Tivetshall St Margaret
17/11/2023+27TG41Winterton
17/11/2023+27TG42Hickling / Stubb Mill
11/11/2023+28TF81Litcham
11/11/2023128TF74Holme
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