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Leaf-miner: A gallery filled with green frass. In the older gallery the frass turns brown (British leafminers).

A narrow corridor. The coiled frass is greenish (blackish brown in old or dried mines). Generally the entire width of the corridor is filled up, making the mine rather inconspicuous. The sides of the corridor are not straight, rather irregular (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).

Bright green; see Gustafsson and van Nieukerken (1990a) and Schoorl et. al. (1985a) for an extensive description (Bladmineerders van Europa). The larva is green (British leafminers).

Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).

Adult: The adult is not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Aceraceae
Acer	campestre	Field Maple		Pitkin & Plant
Acer	campestre	Field Maple		British leafminers
Acer	platanoides	Norway Maple		Pitkin & Plant
Acer	platanoides	Norway Maple		British leafminers

Hosts elsewhere:

Aceraceae
Acer	campestre	Field Maple		Belgian Lepidoptera
Acer	campestre	Field Maple		Bladmineerders van Europa
Acer	ginnala			Bladmineerders van Europa
Acer	platanoides	Norway Maple		Belgian Lepidoptera
Acer	platanoides	Norway Maple		Bladmineerders van Europa
Acer	saccharophorum			Bladmineerders van Europa
Acer	tataricum	Tartar Maple		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: End of June-early July, August-early September (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in England including Herefordshire, Middlesex, Surrey, West Gloucestershire, West Kent and Worcestershire (NBN Atlas).

See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: