Friday, 4 September 2020
Mine of the Month – September
This month the species to find is Parornix anglicella.
This genus frequently turns up in moth traps; however, the adults are
typically impossible to separate without dissection so finding the
leaf-mines is by far the best way to record this group.
This
particular species is abundant and makes distinctive mines on hawthorn,
ultimately folding the lobes into small cones.
For August, the goal was to find Phyllonorycter coryli (with
a bonus point for recording the most mines per leaf). Well done Tammy for this impressive find:
Points to date:
G Chambers- 3
C Boyes- 4
D Boyes- 5
T Ward - 1
J Pearce- 5
S Southam- 1
T Stretton- 2
B Kerry- 1
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