Lyonetia clerkella

"Apple leaf miner" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Leucoptera malifoliella.

Lyonetia clerkella
Mine
Lyonetia clerkella, Dolydd Hafren, Wales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lyonetiidae
Genus:	Lyonetia
Species:	L. clerkella
Binomial name
Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Phalaena clerkellaLinnaeus, 1758 Lyonetia penicillaBorkhausen, 1794 Lyonetia cerasifoliellaHübner, 1796 Lyonetia malifoliellaHübner, 1796 Lyonetia malellaSchrank, 1802 Lyonetia autumnellaCurtis, 1829 Lyonetia unipunctellaStephens, 1829 Lyonetia semiaurellaStephens, 1829 Lyonetia nivellaStephens, 1829 Lyonetia aereellaTreitschke, 1833

Lyonetia clerkella, the apple leaf miner, is a moth in the family Lyonetiidae. It is found all over Europe, north-western Siberia, the Far East, northern Africa, the Middle East, Turkey, India and Japan.

Illustration from John Curtis's British Entomology Volume 6

The wingspan is 7–9 mm. The forewings are shining white, sometimes partly or wholly suffused with fuscous; a brown or darker fuscous blotch in disc posteriorly; a bent transverse line beyond this, and three costal streaks connected with an apical spot brown or darker fuscous; a round black apical dot; a projecting blackish hook in apical cilia. Hindwings are dark grey. The larva is pale green. ^[1]

Adults are on wing in June, August and from October to April in the Benelux. There are two or more generations per year.

The larvae feed on various fruit trees, including Betulaceae and Rosaceae species.

References

1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description

External links

• Media related to Lyonetia clerkella at Wikimedia Commons
• Plant Parasites of Europe
• UKmoths
• Lepidoptera of Belgium