Species Details

ABH: 21.008

BF: 260

Family: Lyonetiidae

Subfamily: Cemiostominae

Taxon: Leucoptera malifoliella

=Leucoptera scitella

Authority: (Costa, [1836])

Vernacular: Pear Leaf Blister Moth

Account: Common, appearing in profusion in hot summers, in hedgerows, orchards and gardens throughout much of England, Wales and southern Scotland; otherwise, rather scarce Most records are of the larval mines, but occasionally recorded at light, the main confusion species being L. lotella, but forewing of L. malifoliella broader, with no purple-black apical spot, and third cilial bar directed more or less outwards (MBGBI Vol 2). Larva mines leaves of Hawthorn, Apple and Pear, causing sufficient damage to be a serious pest in some years, and over-wintering as a pupa.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 7 — 8 mm

Surrey Flight Period: —

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Crataegus sp., Malus sp. (an apple), Rosaceae.

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/leucoptera-malifoliella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 18

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2020

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