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Donacaula forficella (Thunberg, 1794) [Lepidoptera: Crambidae] Tinea forficella Thunberg, 1794. Ins. Succisa.: 85, pl. (opp. 98) fig. 4. Schoenobius forficella (Thunberg, 1794). Donacaula forficella (Thunberg, 1794).

Leaf-mine: Common reed and similar plants are the larval foodplant. The larva of this species has a peculiar habit of cutting part of a leaf to act as a raft, using this to float on the water to a new foodplant when necessary (UKMoths). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Poaceae       Phragmites australis Common Reed UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Cyperaceae       Carex     Hering, 1957a Poaceae       Glyceria maxima Reed Sweet-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders Phragmites australis Common Reed Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: June and July and usually encountered at light (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Southern half of Britain, inhabiting marshy areas, ditches and similar habitats (UKMoths). including Cambridge, Derby, Dorset, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Sussex, Hunts, North Hants, North Somerset, South Devon, South Essex, South Hants, South Somerset, South Wilts, Surrey, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and West Sussex (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, JNCC and NE) and Channel Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). NBN Distribution maps: Miner Host Donacaula forficella Phragmites australis Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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