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Leaf-miner: A long sinuous gallery with narrow frass-line (British leafminers).

Oviposition generally at the leaf upper side, not especially close to a vein. From there a long and slender corridor starts, with frass usually in a narrow central line. The corridor often crosses itself, but rarely a thick vein (Bladmineerders van Europa).

The mine is also illustrated in the Encyclopedia of Life.

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 yellow, head pale brown (British leafminers). The larva is also described and 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 not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Rosaceae
Agrimonia				British leafminers
Agrimonia	eupatoria	Agrimony		Pitkin & Plant
Filipendula	ulmaria	Meadowsweet		Pitkin & Plant
Fragaria	vesca	Wild Strawberry		British leafminers
Fragaria	vesca	Wild Strawberry		Pitkin & Plant
Geum				British leafminers
Geum				Pitkin & Plant
Potentilla	anserina	Silverweed		Pitkin & Plant
Rubus				British leafminers
Rubus	fruticosus	Bramble / Blackberry		Pitkin & Plant
Rubus	loganobaccus	Loganberry		Pitkin & Plant
Rubus	saxatilis	Stone Bramble		Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae
Agrimonia				Bladmineerders van Europa
Filipendula				Bladmineerders van Europa
Fragaria				Bladmineerders van Europa
Geum				Belgian Lepidoptera
Geum	urbanum	Wood Avens		Bladmineerders van Europa
Potentilla	anserina	Silverweed		Bladmineerders van Europa
Rubus	caesius	Dewberry		Belgian Lepidoptera
Rubus	caesius	Dewberry		Bladmineerders van Europa
Rubus	chamaemorus			Belgian Lepidoptera
Rubus	fruticosus	Bramble / Blackberry		Bladmineerders van Europa
Rubus	idaeus	Raspberry		Bladmineerders van Europa
Rubus	saxatilis	Stone Bramble

Time of year - larvae: May - June, August - September (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, East Cornwall, East Gloucestershire, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Glamorgan, Haddington, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, Montgomeryshire, North Devon, North Hampshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, North-east Yorkshire, North-west Yorkshire, Shropshire, South Hampshire, South Wiltshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, 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, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - 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: