Leaf-miner: A long sinuous mine, frass variable, which often follows leaf-edge
(British
leafminers).
Egg
at the upperside of the leaf. The mine is a long, gradually widening
corridor that often closely follows the leaf margin for a long distance.
Frass at first in a broad central line, but soon it becomes coiled.
Occasionally mines occur with linear frass throughout; such mines
can be distinguished from those of Stigmella
magdalenae because they are broader and less confined the
a small space (Bladmineerders van Europa).
The
mine is also illustrated in UKMoths.
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).
The larva is green, head pale brown (British
leafminers). The
larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
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: July - August (British
leafminers; UKMoths).
Time
of year - adults: There is one generation with adults in May
and June (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread but localised distribution
throughout the British Isles, being commoner in the north, along
with the foodplant (UKMoths)
including Banffshire, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire,
Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, East Norfolk,
East Suffolk, Easterness, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire,
Kincardineshire, Linlithgow, Merionethshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex,
Monmouthshire, North Aberdeenshire, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Shropshire,
South Aberdeenshire, South Lancashire, South Wiltshire, Stafford, Surrey,
Warwickshire, West Gloucestershire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and
Worcestershire (NBN
Atlas).
See also British
leafminers distribution map.
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belgium, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia,
Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia,
Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central,
North and Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The
Netherlands and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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