Photo © Ian Thirlwell

Lyonetia prunifoliella

Checklist Number
21.002 [B&F: 0262]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Lyonetiidae
Subfamily:Lyonetiinae
Genus:Lyonetia
Species:prunifoliella
Authority:(Hübner, 1796)

Formerly reported from the Midlands at Boughton, Worcestershire, Whittlebury Forest, Northamptonshire and near Stony Stratford, Buckinghamshire, and also from Worthing, Sussex, and it was fairly common in the late 19th Century (MBGBI Vol 2), it was not seen in the 1900's and was assumed to have become extinct. The first recent record appears to be in 2007, since when it has been encountered with increasing frequency in a number of counties including Dorset and Norfolk, perhaps following re-colonisation from the continent; the first Hampshire record was in 2014, since when it has been encountered with increasing regularity on the coast of Hampshire from Portsmouth to Hayling and on the south-eastern side of the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 9-10 mm. The larva mines the leaves of various roseaceous trees, such as Blackthorn and apple, forming a gallery leading to a blotch. The pupal cocoon is suspended from silken 'guyropes' and closely resembles that of L. clerkella.

Update: Status review, December 2019.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
J F M A M J J A S O N D
Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

VC10 Isle of Wight

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
St. Lawrence (SZ57)02/07/2018-Phil BardenMine
Brading Marsh (SZ68)03/07/2018-Phil BardenMine
Redcliffe, IoW (SZ68)04/07/201810Phil BardenMine
Bonchurch: Monk's Bay (SZ57)04/07/2018fivePhil BardenMine (vacated)
St. Lawrence (SZ57)05/07/2018eightPhil BardenMine
St Catherine's Point (SZ47)01/10/201812Brian ElliottPupal
Totland (SZ38)25/07/2022oneRachel TerryAdult
Totland (SZ38)01/09/2022oneRachel TerryAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Portsmouth (SU60)07/08/2014oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Horsea Island (SU60)31/10/2017oneMaurice OpieAdult
Horsea Island (SU60)31/10/2017oneFareham Moth GroupAdult
Milton Common (SU60)10/07/2018-J R Langmaid, R J Dickson, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
Portsmouth (SU60)12/07/2018oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)15/07/2018oneJ R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellLarval
North Common, Hayling (SU70)17/07/2018-J R Langmaid, S M Palmer, J W PhillipsCocoon
Winchester (SU42)14/08/2018oneTim WalkerAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)14/08/2018oneJ R Langmaid, R J Dickson, I R ThirlwellCocoon
Southsea (SZ69)20/04/2019oneJeff GoodridgeAdult
Milton Common (SU60)02/07/2019-J R Langmaid, R J Dickson, I R ThirlwellMine
Portsmouth (SU60)23/07/2019oneIan ThirlwellAdult
North Common, Hayling (SU70)30/08/2019-J R Langmaid, B Elliott, J W PhillipsMine (vacated)
Milton Common (SU60)10/09/2019-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
Portchester (SU60)02/10/2019-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
Portsmouth (SU60)20/08/2020oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Milton Common (SU60)16/09/2020-J R Langmaid, M R, J E Young, I R ThirlwellMine
Botley Wood (SU50)26/09/2021oneDan HoughtonAdult
Cams Bay, Fareham (SU50)02/10/202110Tony DavisMine
Portsmouth (SU60)08/07/2022oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)18/07/2022sevenIan ThirlwellAdult
Portsmouth (SU60)07/08/2022oneIan ThirlwellAdult
Hurn (SZ19)10/08/2022oneMike JeffesAdult

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Greywell Fen (SU75)03/10/2021-Josie HewittMine