Leaf-mine: A shallow whitish linear-blotch mine (Spencer, 1976: 164-5, fig. 300).

Upper-surface blotch, preceded by a very short corridor. Often several larvae in a mine. Frass in isolated grains. Pupation outside the mine; exit slit in upper epidermis (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: The larva is described by de Meijere (1937) and Sasakwa (1961) and illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.

Puparium: Yellowish-brown; posterior spiracles each with 3 bulbs (Spencer, 1976: 164).

Hosts in Britain:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - mines: October.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: England (Spencer, 1976: 154) and Wales including Denbighshire (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).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland, Co. Clare (the Burren) (Spencer, 1972: 45).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe from England to Spain and Yugoslavia and including Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Spencer, 1976: 154), The Netherlands (Bladmineerders van Europa), Germany (Spencer, 1976: 550), Czech Republic, French mainland, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Poland and Yugoslavia (Martinez in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in Japan (Spencer, 1990).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea [128641]
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