Phyllonorycter
emberizaepenella (Bouché, 1834)  |
| Status
..... In Nottinghamshire, this moth is
probably under recorded. There is a small colony in our
Market Warsop garden, based entirely around an old
Honeysuckle. The adults are readily attracted to MV
light. |
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| Adult
photographed at Market Warsop April 24th 2011 |
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| Leaf mines on
Snowberry (Symphoricarpos alba) photographed at
Worksop November 2010 |
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| Identification
and separation from Phyllonorycter trifasciella
(which also feeds on Snowberry) was confirmed by removing
the pupa from within the cocoon inside the mine and by
examination of the pupal cremaster. |
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