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Seed/Shoot
feeder: Larva feeds in the flower heads of composites and other
plants drawing together the petals to form a shelter and eating
out the immature seeds; also on young shoots drawing together the
terminal leaves and eating out the heart (Bradley
et al., 1973). Included as a miner on Umbilicus by Plant,
in Pitkin & Plant, 2005.
Larva:
Head and prothoracic plate light brown or yellowish brown, head
with a black lateral marking; abdomen light yellow, sometimes pale
greenish grey dorsally, translucent; pinacula small, black; peritreme
of spiracles black; anal plate yelowish brown, marked with black;
anal comb black; thoracic legs yellowish; terminal segments brownish
(Bradley et al., 1973).
Pupa:
Blackish brown (Bradley et
al., 1973).
Hosts
in Britain:
| Asteraceae |
|
|
|
| Chrysanthemum |
|
|
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Hieracium |
|
|
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Hypochaeris |
|
|
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Leontodon |
|
|
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Senecio |
|
|
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Taraxacum |
|
|
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Caryophyllaceae |
|
|
|
| Silene |
maritima |
Sea
Campion |
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Cistaceae |
|
|
|
| Helianthemum |
|
|
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Crassulaceae |
|
|
|
| Umbilicus |
rupestris |
Navelwort |
Plant,
in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 |
| Lamiaceae |
|
|
|
| Teucrium |
|
| Bradley
et al., 1973 |
| Rosaceae |
|
|
|
| Dryas |
octopetala |
Mountain
Avens |
Bradley
et al., 1973 |
Hosts
elsewhere: Unknown.
Time
of year -larvae: June (Bradley
et al., 1973).
Time
of year - adults: July (Bradley
et al., 1973).
Distribution
in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna
Europaea), Ayr, Clyde Isles, East Cornwall, Fife, Kincardine,
Main Argyll, Mid Ebudes, North Ebudes, South Lancaster, West Cornwall,
West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Westmorland (NBN
Gateway distribution map - BRERC,
JNCC, NE,
SNH and SHWRG).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken
in Fauna
Europaea).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in west Europe including French mainland,
Italian mainland, Portuguese mainland and Spanish mainland (Karsholt
& van Nieukerken in Fauna
Europaea).
Parasitoids:
Unknown.
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