Firethorn
Leaf Miner Phyllonorycter
leucographella (Hübner, 1796)  |
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.....Only recorded in the UK for the first time back in
1989 when found in Essex. Phyllonorycter
leucographella spread rapidly north and is now a common moth
throughout Nottinghamshire, usually in more urban areas. The leaf mines
can be found on Pyracantha
bushes growing in parks and gardens. |
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| Photographed at Sherwood
Forest CP August 2010 |
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Photographed at Eakring
May 2007 |
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| Leaf mine on Pyracantha
photographed at Eakring January 2004 |
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Leaf mine on Apple
photographed at Sherwood Forest CP July 2011 |
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| Leaf mine on
Whitebeam (Sorbus aria) photographed at Market
Warsop October 2013 |
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