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15.041 Plane Leaf-miner (phyllonorycter platani) mine in London Plane by the sewage works at Salterhebble, Nov. 10th 2016. A recent colonist in Calderdale.
15.041 Plane Leaf-miner (phyllonorycter platani) from Spring Hall sports ground, Oct. 15th 2018. An opened mine revealing a pupa in a flimsy cocoon. It seems to be a common miner here amongst the roadside London Plane trees.
15.041 Plane Leaf-miner (phyllonorycter platani) Feb. 28th 2019. Reared from the mine pictured above. This site is about a mile up the road from the Salterhebble record suggesting this species has gotten a foothold in Halifax and is slowly spreading.
15.043 Common Thorn Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter oxyacanthae) mine in Hawthorn, New Lane, Aug. 9th 2017.
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15.044 Rowan Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter sorbi) mine in Rowan at Hollas Lane, Copley, Aug. 13th 2017.
15.044 Rowan Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter sorbi), Mar.18th 2011. Reared from mines found in Bankhouse wood the previous autumn.
15.044 Rowan Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter sorbi) , June 21st 2014. Reared from mines found in Rowan in Bankhouse wood earlier in the spring.
15.046 Brown Apple Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter blancardella) mine in cultivated apple at Skircoat Green allotments on July 21st 2018.
15.046 Brown Apple Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter blancardella) mine opened up revealing the pupa inside a light cocoon. Collected from Skircoat Green allotments in mid-July of the same year. For some reason the well developed pupa didn't allow the moth to emerge successfully.
15.048 Cowberry Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter junoniella) mines on Cowberry, Norland Bilberry slopes, May 4th 2016. Quite easy to find if you look for brown mottling on the upper surface of the leaves and when turning the leaf over you should see the puckered underside. Quite common at this site in 2010 and again in 2016.
15.048 Cowberry Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter junoniella) May 11th 2016. Reared from the mines pictured above.
15.048 Cowberry Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter junoniella) mine and empty pupal case of the moth pictured above.
15.048 Cowberry Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter junoniella), May 28th 2010. Reared from mines in Cowberry found at Norland Bilberry slopes earlier that month. Of the many mines found that spring around 80% were parasitised and this was the only adult successfully reared.
15.049 Blackthorn Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter spinicolella) mine and empty pupal case in cultivated plum on Barry's plot at Skircoat Green allotments, July 25th 2017. One of several mines present.
15.050 Cherry Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter cerasicolella), three of around 20 mines in cultivated cherry, Skircoat Green allotments, Nov. 1st 2011. My other two other records, also in cherry are of one next to the towpath at Copley on Sept. 29th and one on New Lane on Oct. 2nd both in 2010.
15.050 Cherry Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter cerasicolella) pupa, Mar. 4th 2012. Having brought the above mines indoors in late February things didn't look promising at all as they were still in the larval stage. They all went back outside apart from this one which, despite being outside the mine, managed to pupate a few days later on Feb. 27th. By now the eyes have already begun to darken - a promising sign.
15.050 Cherry Leaf-miner (Phyllonorycter cerasicolella), Mar. 12th 2012. From the pupa pictured above.
15.053 Firethorn Leaf Miner (Phyllonorycter leucographella) in Bankhouse wood on May 26th 2014. Captured by day. A common species particularly on Pyracantha (firethorn) and cultivated apple.
15.053 Firethorn Leaf Miner (Phyllonorycter leucographella) mine and larva in Pyracantha in my garden at Skircoat Green on Jan. 12th 2020.
15.053 Firethorn Leaf Miner (Phyllonorycter leucographella), a close-up view of a feeding larva, details as above.
15.053 Firethorn Leaf Miner (Phyllonorycter leucographella) mines in Pyracantha in my garden at Skircoat Green on Feb. 28th 2016.
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