I found a whole Garden Privet hedge of miners a few weeks ago near the vilage church and yesterday I took a specimen. I've looked in lots of places and I can't give it a name that I'm happy with. I'm fairly sure that it is a lepidoptera, the general shape is similar to the Leucoptera but without the markings. The frass is generally distributed and it is mining the upper surface. Any help would be much appreciated.
Phil
Grendon Underwood
Hello Phil,
ReplyDeleteIf you go back to look again at that hedge you'll find the plant has thorns, which rules out Privet. It is Pyracantha (Firethorn) and the miner is Phyllonorycter leucographella. That's a very nice image of the larva.
It does indeed, that'll teach me to be more careful with my plant id! Thanks very much.
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