Lyonetia clerkella (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Apple Leaf Miner)

Interactions where Lyonetia clerkella is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf Betula birches Fagales: Betulaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lyonetiidae/Lyonetia clerkella/Lyonetia clerkellaapple leaf minercaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fagales/Betulaceae/Betula/Betulabirchesliveleaf
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf Crataegus hawthorns Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lyonetiidae/Lyonetia clerkella/Lyonetia clerkellaapple leaf minercaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Crataegus/Crataegushawthornsliveleaf
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf Major Malus pumila Apple Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lyonetiidae/Lyonetia clerkella/Lyonetia clerkellaapple leaf minercaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Malus pumila/Malus pumilaappleliveleafMajor
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf Prunus plums, cherries and laurels, planted cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lyonetiidae/Lyonetia clerkella/Lyonetia clerkellaapple leaf minercaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus/Prunusplums, cherries and laurels, planted cherryliveleaf
caterpillar caterpillar mines live leaf Major Prunus avium cv Ornamental Cherry Rosales: Rosaceae Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden Plants, Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Lyonetiidae/Lyonetia clerkella/Lyonetia clerkellaapple leaf minercaterpillar Foodplant / miner /Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Rosales/Rosaceae/Prunus avium cv/Prunus avium cvornamental cherryliveleafMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Buczacki, S. & Harris, K., 1998Pests, Diseases & Disorders of Garden PlantsCollins Photoguide, 2nd edition edition, Collins

Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf Miner) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf Miner) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesLyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf Miner)
FamilyLYONETIIDAE (bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyYPONOMEUTOIDEA (small ermine, bent-wing, ermel and smudge micro-moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf Miner)

Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf Miner) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Lyonetia clerkella (Apple Leaf Miner):

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