Leaf-miner: A long twisting gallery, often doubling back (British
leafminers).
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Mine
of Stigmella ulmariae on Filipendula ulmariae
Image: © David Manning ( British
leafminers) |
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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).
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 genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera
Dissection Group (check for update).
Hosts in Great Britain & Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - larvae: June-July; September-October (British
leafminers).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain & Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Bedfordshire,
Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Glamorgan, Huntingdonshire,
North Essex, North Hampshire and Stafford (NBN
Atlas, = Stigmella filipendulae).
See also British
leafminers distribution map.
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken
in Fauna Europaea). See also Ireland's NBDC interactive map.
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Czech Republic,
Danish mainland, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, ? Norwegian
mainland, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden and The Netherlands (Karsholt
and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).
NBN
interactive distribution maps of known host species in Britain and
elsewhere:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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