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  >> Gracillariinae
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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 6 May 2025 by RP ***
Wingspan: 9-10mm
Food Plant: Blackthorn & Wild Plum
Last Recorded By – Not Recorded
Last Recorded General Area – Not Recorded

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Distribution Map for Parornix finitimella

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Found 7 records
    ↳ 0 from After 2025
    ↳ 0 from 2020 - 2024
    ↳ 7 from Before 2020

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Monthly Records By Year: Parornix finitimella
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Monthly Counts By Year: Parornix finitimella

Recordings By Year: Parornix finitimella

Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Parornix finitimella
AGR: 0%   |   Total % Change: 0%
Years Analysed: 2000 – 2024

Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Parornix finitimella

Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Parornix finitimella

Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Parornix finitimella

Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.

Records Behind the Map and Charts - Parornix finitimella – 7 records available

Listed by Year - descending

TaxonSite NameTetradYearDateCountStage
Parornix finitimellaThorpe, DovedaleSK15K201013/10/20101Larval Mine
Parornix finitimellaStoney MiddletonSK27H200912/10/20091Larval Mine
Parornix finitimellaHopeSK18R200907/10/20091Larval Mine
Parornix finitimellaNorburySK14G200901/10/20091Larval Mine
Parornix finitimellaCoombs Dale,Stoney MiddletonSK27H200912/10/20091Larval Mine
Parornix finitimellaTissington Trail, AshbourneSK14T200901/10/20091Larval Mine
Parornix finitimellaAbbotsholme School, RocesterSK13E200104/10/20011Larval Mine

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