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Stigmella
oxyacanthella (Stainton, 1854) Common Fruit-tree Pigmy Nepticula
oxyacanthella
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Leaf-miner: The reddish frass is linear, later in arcs, finally dispersed (British leafminers). Long corridor, that widens only little, and winds freely through the leaf, not influenced by the venation. In thick, sun-exposed leaves the mine may be much shorter, especially in Cotoneaster, Malus and Pyrus. Frass brown, in arcs. (Bladmineerders van Europa). The mine is also illustrated in UKMoths and British leafminers. 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 (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). The cocoon is illustrated in British leafminers. 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: September - October (British leafminers; UKMoths). Time of year - adults: A single-generation species with adults flying in June, and the larvae feeding in September and October (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Common throughout much of the British Isles (UKMoths) including Ayrshire, Banffshire, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, East Cornwall, East Gloucestershire, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kincardineshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Devon, South Essex, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South Northumberland, South Wiltshire, South-east Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Worcestershire (NBN Atlas). See also British leafminers distribution map. 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, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, ? Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East and Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea). NBN Atlas links to known host species: British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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