Food Plant: Cydonia oblonga (Quince), Malus sylvestris (Crab apple), Sorbus torminalis (Wild Service-tree),
Mine: June - July, September - October
Notes: Difficult to distinguish between P.hostis and P.blancardella on the basis of mine characteristics - both form arched tubes on the leaf of M.sylvestris. P.hostis tends to make the larger mine on M.sylvestris and the pupa is in a cocoon, with frass to one side. The undersurface of the mine is creased, with other creases alongside. . This species was previously identified as P.cydoniella in the UK.
National Status: Local
Bradley No: 327
Data: 29.xi.2004, Fleet, Hants.VC12. Moths emerged indoors 21.iii.2005, gen det Jon Clifton.
Image:© Rob Edmunds
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