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Leaf-mine:
Full depth, somewhat inflated and puckered mine with scattered frass.
Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders
van Europa).
The
larva lives in the flower-buds and mines in the leaves (UKMoths and Belgian
Lepidoptera).
Larva:
The larva is illustrated in UKMoths
and illustrated in Encyclopedia of Life.
Pupa:
The larva pupates in a tough cocoon on or under the surface of the ground
(Belgian
Lepidoptera). The pupa is illustrated in UKMoths.
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths and the Encyclopedia of Life. The male
genitalia, but not the female genitalia (check for update), are illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection group.
Hosts
in Britain:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae: Unknown.
Time
of year - adults: Almost any time of year (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Fairly common throughout Britain including Lancaster (Greater Manchester, Chorlton) (UKMoths);
Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire,
Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire,
Derbyshire, Dorset, East Cornwall, East Gloucestershire, East Kent,
East Norfolk, East Ross, East Suffolk, East Sussex, East Sutherland,
Easterness, Elgin, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire,
Kincardine, Merionethshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, North Aberdeen,
North Devon, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Somerset, North Wiltshire,
Shropshire, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Essex, South Hampshire,
South Lancaster, South Wiltshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford,
Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire and West
Lancaster (NBN
Gateway, includes Watsonian Vice Counties having records that
fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken
in Fauna
Europaea).
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Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Corsica, Czech Republic,
Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Greek mainland,
Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norwegian mainland,
Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spanish
mainland, Sweden and Switzerland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken
in Fauna
Europaea).
NBN
interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain
and Ireland and elsewhere:
Parasitoids
in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.
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