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Parornix anglicella (Stainton, 1850) [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Ornix anglicella Stainton, 1850. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 1: 92. Parornix anglicella (Stainton, 1850).

Leaf-mine: In a small Phyllonorycter-like mine initially, but with brown rather than green lower epidermis. Later in two or more successive cones formed by folding leaf-lobes downwards (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: In a folded leaf edge or on leaf-litter (British leafminers). Hosts in Britain: Rosaceae       Crataegus     British leafminers Crataegus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Crataegus     UKMoths Fragaria     British leafminers Fragaria     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Sorbus torminalis Wild Service-tree British leafminers Sorbus torminalis Wild Service-tree Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Rosaceae       Cotoneaster     Hering, 1957a Crataegus     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fragaria     Nederlandse bladmineerders Mespilus germanica Medlar Nederlandse bladmineerders Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July; August-September (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: The adult moths are on the wing in two generations, during April and May and again in August (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Very common throughout the British Isles (UKMoths) including Banff, Bedford, Cambridge, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Perth, East Ross, Hunts, Isle of Wight, Lanark Linlithgow, Mid-west York, Middlesex, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Hants, Salop, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Hants, South Lancaster, South Somerset, South Wilts, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Kent, West Lancaster, West Suffolk, Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, DBRC, GiGL, HBRG, JNCC, LWIC, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG), the Channel Is. and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central and North, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in Near East and Nearctic region (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Cirrospilus lyncus Walker, 1841 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Cirrospilus salatis Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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