Species Details

ABH: 15.032

BF: 308

Family: Gracillariidae

Subfamily: Acrocercopinae

Taxon: Parornix finitimella

Authority: (Zeller, 1850)

Vernacular: Southern Blackthorn Parornix

Account: Common in scrub, woodland, hedgerows and gardens throughout much of southern England and Wales, with records north to Yorkshire Vey similar to Deltaornix torquillella, which usually lacks the dark band on segment 3 of the labial palpus and which has the costal white strigula on the forewing continued round the apical dot and through the terminal cilia at an obtuse angle; often only safely separated by dissection of the genitalia. Imago seldom encountered at light, and more likely to be recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines leaves of Blackthorn, subsequently feeding in the fallen leaves, over-wintering as a pupa in a cocoon.

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: 9 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 22 Jun (2001) — 29 Oct (2013)

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

Foodplant: Prunus spinosa (Blackthorn).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/parornix-finitimella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 17

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2013

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