Photo © Rob Edmunds

Leucoptera spartifoliella

Checklist Number
21.005 [B&F: 0256]

Verification
Record will normally be accepted but photo evidence may be required - check with CMR if not sure of identity

Classification

Family:Lyonetiidae
Subfamily:Cemiostominae
Genus:Leucoptera
Species:spartifoliella
Authority:(Hübner, [1813])

Local wherever the foodplant occurs, throughout much of Britain, but local in Ireland. In Hampshire and on the Isle of Wight only recorded regularly in the south-east of the county, notably in and around Portsmouth and in Botley Wood. Wingspan 7-9 mm. Imago similar to Laburnum Leaf Miner L. laburnella; easily overlooked and not particularly common at light; more frequently recorded in the larval stage, when mines are relatively easy to find where they are present. Larva mines under bark of Broom and Dyer's Greenweed.

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
Bonchurch (SZ57)02/08/1987twoJ R Langmaid, E C Pelham-ClintonAdult

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Hayling Island (SZ79)1900-Unknown-
Cracknore Hard (SU41)26/07/1939-W Fassnidge-
Bournemouth (SZ09)1950-Scarsdale C S Brown-
Wickham Common (SU51)01/05/1976-J R LangmaidCocoon
Fareham (SU50)11/07/197715Jeremy ChaddAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)01/07/1978-J R Langmaid et al Adult
Botley Wood (SU50)01/07/1978-Richard J DicksonAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)27/06/1981-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)29/07/1981-J R Langmaid, D H SterlingAdult
Browndown (SZ59)07/05/1990-John R Langmaid, Richard J DicksonMine
Browndown (SZ59)07/05/1990oneJ R Langmaid, R J DicksonMine
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)12/05/1990-J R LangmaidCocoon
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)09/06/1990-J R Langmaid, M W HarperAdult
Fareham (SU50)04/07/1993oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Fareham (SU50)16/07/1993oneRichard J DicksonAdult
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)11/04/1994-J R Langmaid, D O'KeeffeCocoon
Botley Wood (SU51)12/07/1994oneJ R Langmaid, P M Potts, P WaringAdult
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)14/09/1997oneJ R Langmaid, A M EmmetMine (vacated)
Southsea (SZ69)19/06/1998oneJ R LangmaidAdult
Southleigh Forest (SU70)24/04/1999-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
Southwick (SU60)28/04/1999-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine (vacated)
Waterlooville (SU61)13/07/1999-Richard J MooreAdult
Fawley (SU40)19/09/2003-David G Green & Susan A ClarkeLarval
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)29/03/2004-J R LangmaidMine
Botley Wood (SU51)30/03/2004-J R LangmaidMine
Baffins, Portsmouth (SU60)02/05/2004oneJ R LangmaidCocoon
Southwick (SU60)11/05/2005-J R Langmaid, I R ThirlwellMine
Hilsea Lines, Portsmouth (SU60)15/05/2006-J R Langmaid, R J DicksonCocoon
Sandy Point LNR (SZ79)25/07/2006-John W PhillipsAdult
Sandy Point LNR (SZ79)28/07/2006-J W Phillips, B Elliott & T PicklesAdult
Botley Wood (SU50)17/12/2011-Tony DavisMine
Botley Wood (SU50)09/01/2022oneDan HoughtonMine

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Baddesley Great Covert (SU42)1920-W Fassnidge-
Micheldever Wood (SU53)22/04/1976-J R Langmaid, D W H FfennellPupal
Micheldever Wood (SU53)15/03/2007-J R Langmaid, B ElliottMine
Southwood (SU85)13/04/2007oneRob EdmundsCocoon
Dodsley Wood (SU53)03/05/2010-David G GreenLarval