See also Moth of the Week (06/03/2020)

Recording method

Comes to light.

Life cycle

Mines: June-July, August-May.  Mines similar in appearance to those of P. corylifoliella except that leucographella mines lack the brown flecks seen on the surface of corylifoliella mines.  Adults fly April-June, July-October.

Larval foodplants

Firethorn (Pyracantha), Apple, Hawthorns, Pear, Whitebeam (Sorbus spp), Wild Cherry, Blackthorn, Japanese Quince, Tree Cotoneaster Cononeaster frigidus.

History

The first for Dumfries & Galloway was of a leaf-mine found at Moffat, Dumfriesshire, on 10th April 2007, while the first for Kirkcudbrightshire was of a leaf-mine found at Rockcliffe on 27th July 2008.