Lyonetia clerkella
"Apple leaf miner" redirects here. For the other moth with this common name, see Leucoptera malifoliella.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lyonetiidae |
| Genus: | Lyonetia |
| Species: | L. clerkella |
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| Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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Lyonetia clerkella, the apple leaf miner, is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. 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. 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.
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