15.032 BF308  -  Gracillariidae -  Gracillariinae - Parornix finitimella - Southern Blackthorn Parornix - (Zeller, 1850) Adult Micro:  CAT 4 - Gen. Det. Required - Gen-Det-Reqd       Leaf-miner:  CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required - reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black - Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data        purple - Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >>  Gracillariidae
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Other Name/s: Pointed Slender ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Parornix torquillella (Blackthorn Parornix); Parornix scoticella (Rowan Parornix)
ID pointers: None at this time
Distribution:  Uncertain as insufficient data – 9 records prior to 2010 – no further recent records
Flight Period: May /  August /  -  Two generations one in May & one in August Mine Period: June /  July /  August /  September /  October /   - A gallery mine leads to a blotch in the leaf which is grey-white in colour, then several leaf folds Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 18 March 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 9-10mm
Food Plant: Blackthorn & Wild Plum
No Last Date Information Recorded
Last Recorded By: Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded
No First Date Information Recorded

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