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Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839) [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Gracilaria tringipennella Zeller, 1839. Isis: 209. Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839).

Leaf-mine: Early mine a silvery gallery in lower epidermis. Subsequently a blotch on the upper epidermis. Internal spinning causes the leaf to pucker and often fold over the blotch, concealing it British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders. Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: In a cocoon inside one end of the mine (British leafminers). Hosts in Britain: Plantaginaceae       Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain British leafminers Hosts elsewhere: Plantaginaceae       Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Nederlandse bladmineerders Plantago lanceolata Ribwort Plantain Belgian Lepidoptera Time of year - mines: June-July, October-April. Time of year - adult: There are two generations in the year, the adults being on the wing in May and again in August. The second generation overwinters as a larva (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: British Is., including Chester and Hants (UKMoths), Banff, East Cornwall, East Gloucester, East Ross, Easterness, Forfar, Kincardine, Kirkudbright, Mid-west York, North Aberdeen, North Ebudes, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Lancaster, South-west York, West Cornwall, West Gloucester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, HBRG, JNCC, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG), Northern Ireland and Channel Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea; British leafminers distribution map). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Dodecanese Is., Estonia, Faroe Is., Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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