Leaf-miner:
Initially
mining the leaves, but later on spun flowers and seeds (UKMoths).
Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples).
The larva of alsinella has body yellow or light green, head black; pronotum reddish brown with a black plate; pinacula minute, black (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths by Helen Bartock. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae:
May (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: July and August (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: A rather local species, having
been recorded from sandy coastal areas around much of the British
Isles (UKMoths)
including Dorset, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Mid-west Yorkshire,
North Devon, North Somerset, South Hampshire, West
Cornwall and West Sussex (NBN
Atlas),
the Channel Is. and Ireland (Fauna Europaea).
Also
recorded from the Republic of Ireland. See also Ireland's National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belgium, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland,
French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland,
Latvia, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish
mainland, Sweden, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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