21.001 Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf-miner)
ws:8-9mm; Jun-Sep; hawthorn (Crataegus spp), apple (Malus spp), wild cherry (Prunus avium), bird cherry (Prunus padus), birch (Betula spp), cotoneaster (Cotoneaster spp), rowan (Sorbus aucuparia); common throughout GB
Lyonetia clerkella §1
ID: Typical form - largely white; a dark brownish blotch at 2/3 more-or-less surrounded by white; a transverse dark brownish line distal to this blotch; a preapical brownish blotch extending as "fingers" into the otherwise white costal (and to a lesser extent dorsal) cilia; an apical black spot extending as fingers into the apical cilia. Melanic form - largely dark brown but the apical black spot and preapical/apical chequered pattern of the forewing cilia are still present. Intermediate forms occur
§1 Leigh-on-sea, Essex; 25/07/2007
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 25/07/2012; male; fw 4.2mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 25/07/2012; female
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019; male; fw 3.6mm
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019; female; fw 3.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 25/07/2012; male; fw 4.2mm
§3 Westcliff-on-sea, Essex; 25/07/2012; female
§4 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019; male; fw 3.6mm
§5 Pound Wood, Essex; 23/07/2019; female; fw 3.6mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 30/01/2012 (§1) | §2 & §3 added 08/08/2012 | §4&5 added 01/03/2020
