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Leaf-miner/Leaf-spinner: The larva lives among spun leaves, mining them from this position by gnawing irregular, more or less oval holes in the epidermis and eating from there the leaf tissue. Obviously, the mines contain little or no frass (Bladmineerders van Europa).

The leaves are spun together and mined. There is no frass in the mines and the larvae enter through holes they make. The leaves become yellowish in colour (British leafminers).

Mine of Syncopacma albipalpella on Genista anglica Image: © Rob Edmunds (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).

Body dull crimson, but thorax 2 to abdomen 2 light ochreous-yellow; pinacula minuta, black. Head and prothoracic plate light yellowish-brown, latter with some black markings. Thoracic legs and anal plate black (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:

Fabaceae
Genista	anglica	Petty Whin		Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Fabaceae
Genista	anglica	Petty Whin		Bladmineerders van Europa
Genista	tinctoria	Dyer's Greenweed		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including East Suffolk, East Sussex, Hertfordshore, North-east Yorkshire and West Norfolk (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, French mainland, Germany, ? Hungary, Italian mainland, ? Sicily, Spanish mainland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.