ABH: 15.076
BF: 354
Family: Gracillariidae
Subfamily: Lithocolletinae
Taxon: Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella
Authority: (Bouché, 1834)
Vernacular: Honeysuckle Leaf-miner
Account: Local, in woodland, scrub and hedgerows, throughout Britain, rarely in Ireland Forewing has a ground colour of light brown. There are four costal and five dorsal white strigulate, the first two pairs meeting to form distinct fascia, the first of which is irregular and varying in width, and the second pair form an obtuse angled or smooth outward-facing fascia; the third pair nearly meet at an acute angle; the fourth pair are opposite and separated from the third by a small patch of dark brown scales; dorsal 5 is immediately below apical patch. The basal streak is short and sinuate, reaching first fascia, and fascia are lightly edged with brown.
The larva mines leaves of Honeysuckle and Snowberry, forming a very large mine underside the leaf: the lower epidermis is gathered into strong folds puckering the leaf, but it does not twist as per P. trifasciella. The moth is bivoltine, generally flying in spring and late summer.
All information from MoGBI Vol.2
Wingspan: 9 — 10mm
Surrey Flight Period: 19 May (2010) — 19 May (2010)
Foodplant: Leycesteria sp., Lonicera periclymenum (Honeysuckle), Lonicera sp., Symphoricarpos albus (Snowberry).
Status: Local
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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/phyllonorycter-emberizaepenella/
* Based on adult records only.
Records: 14
Individuals: 0
Earliest Year: 2004
Latest Year: 2020