15.033 BF309  -  Gracillariidae -  Gracillariinae - Parornix torquillella - 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: Blackthorn 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 finitimella (Southern Blackthorn Parornix)
ID pointers: None at this time
Distribution:  Uncertain due to insufficient data – 3 records prior to 2010 – no recent records
Flight Period: May /  June /  July /  -  One generation – sometimes attracted to light Mine Period: June /  July /  August /  September /   - Difficult to tell apart from P.finitimella Moth Activity: Cathemeral   - occasionally attracted to light Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 18 March 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 9-10mm
Food Plant: Blackthonr and 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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