Leucoptera laburnella (Stainton, 1851)
Laburnum Leaf Miner
21.0040 (B&F: 254)
»Suborder: Glossata
»Superfamily: Yponomeutoidea
»Family: Lyonetiidae
»Subfamily: Cemiostominae
»Tribe: Phalacropterygini
Leucoptera wailesella (Stainton, 1858)
Status and ecology:
National Status: Common
A resident species usually occurring singly or sparingly at mv light in a few places across the region, although both larvae and adults are sometimes common by day. Apparently triple-brooded, flying mainly from mid-April to mid-May, during the last three weeks of June and from late July to late August. Larvae feed on dyer's greenwood, broom and laburnum. (Pratt, 2011)
(Distribution at 1km scale)
| f. wailesella | | All records
Historic records: pre 1980 | 1980 - 1989 | 1990 - 1999 | 2000 - 2009 | 2010 on | All
Phenology: Adult | Larva | Mine
Forms or subspecies: | f. wailesella | | All records
Historic records: pre 1980 | 1980 - 1989 | 1990 - 1999 | 2000 - 2009 | 2010 on | All
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