Parornix scoticella (Stainton 1850) (Family Gracillariidae)


Mine on Sorbus aucuparia

Forewing Length: 5mm;
Wingspan: 10mm
Egg Larva Pupa Adult
June - August June - July
August - September
July - August
September - April
(Earliest: 25.9)
May - June
(Earliest: 3.5)
July - August

Biotopes:
Hedge Rows

Gardens
Food:
(Larva)
(Oligophagous Leaf Miner)

Malus sylvestris

Sorbus
Parasitoids:
(Larva)

Diadegma elishae Larva

Scambus inanis Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:
Many Ichneumonidae Larvae

Many Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Parornix scoticella
Parornix scoticella
Nature Spot: Parornix scoticella
Lepiforum: Parornix scoticella
British Leafminers: Parornix scoticella
UK Fly Mines: Parornix scoticella
Plant Parasites of Europe: Parornix scoticella


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