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Leaf-mine:
The larvae forms large whitish or translucent blotches (UKMoths).
The mine is illustrated in British
leafminers and Nederlandse
bladmineerders.
Larva:
The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse
bladmineerders and UKMoths.
Pupa:
The pupa is illustrated in Nederlandse
bladmineerders and UKMoths
and is formed in a cocoon fashioned from a network of silk.
Hosts
in Britain:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - mines: Unknown.
Time
of year - adults: The adults generally emerge in two generations,
firstly in July and then in October, the second brood overwintering
in this stage (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Britain: A small inconspicuous species, distributed mainly
in the southern half of England, with a few scattered records further
north, although it is probably overlooked (UKMoths).
Bucks, Cambridge, East Kent, Hereford, Isle of Wight, Middlesex,
North Hants, North Somerset, South Devon, South Lancaster, South
Somerset, West Cornwall, West Gloucester and West Suffolk (NBN
Gateway distribution map - BRERC,
GiGL, JNCC,
NE
and SHWRG).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium,
Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia,
Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia,
Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia,
Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia (Karsholt &
van Nieukerken in Fauna
Europaea).
Parasitoids:
Unknown.
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