Leaf-mine: Full depth blotch, invariably beginning at the leaf tip or the tip of a leaf lobe or tooth. Oviposition site covered by a black, shining drop of hardened secretion. Frass generally in long threads, but sometimes in elongated granules (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Pupation in the mine, not in a cocoon Bladmineerders van Europa.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in the Encyclopedia of Life.

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: Mid May - mid August (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread in England including Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Sussex, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Leicestershire, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, South Hampshire, South Lincolnshire, South Wiltshire, South-east Yorkshire, Surrey, West Kent and Worcestershire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, European Turkey, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the Australian region and Near East (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.

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Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
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