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Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875 [Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae] Cosmopterix pulchrimella Chambers, 1875. Cosmopterix pulcherrimella Chambers, 1878. Cinc. Qly, J. Science 2: 231. Cosmopterix parietariae M. Hering, 1931. Amat. Pap. 4: 201.

Leaf-mine: The mine usually starts in the lower part of the leaf and then broadens out towards the tip. The mine appears whitish on plants growing in the shade (and are very obvious as pale patches on usually the larger leaved examples of the plant), but more grey or brown in brighter habitats. The mine is lined with silk strands (British leafminers). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Within a white silk cocoon, beneath a turned down leaf edge (British leafminers). Hosts in Britain: Urticaceae       Parietaria     UKMoths Parietaria judaica Pellitory-of-the-wall British leafminers Hosts elsewhere: Urticaceae       Parietaria judaica Pellitory-of-the-wall Nederlandse bladmineerders Parietaria officinalis Eastern Pellitory-of-the-wall Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Late May -June, October-January (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: After the first discovery of a moth in Dorset in 2001, Rich Austin and Peter Costen discovered colonies in Guernsey in 2002. It is now found in southern coastal regions of the UK (British leafminers). See also British leafminers distribution map. Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Azores, Canary Is., Corsica, Crete, Croatia, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Madeira, Malta, Portuguese mainland, Sardinia, Sicily, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Cirrospilus diallus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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