Leaf-miner:
Flat, whitish. Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).
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).
Yellow-grey, head light brown (Bland, 1996a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Described by Bland (1996a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae:
March - May, and July (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain
including Anglesey, Banffshire, Bedfordshire, Berwickshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire,
Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Durham, East Cornwall, East Norfolk,
East Ross, East Suffolk East Suthertland, Easterness, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Haddington, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire, Linlithgow, Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, North Aberdeenshire, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Hampshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire,
South Aberdeenshire, SOth Devon, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South Somerset,
South Northumberland, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Stirlingshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall,
West Gloucestershire, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Perthshire, West Suffolk, West Sussex, West Sutherland, Westmorland, Wigtownshire and
Worcestershire (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French
mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, North and
Northwest, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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