Life-style:
Not a leafminer.
Larva: The larvae of beetles have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles and lack abdominal legs (see examples).
Pupa: The pupae of beetles have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - larvae: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: Unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in Britain including Denbighshire,
East Gloucestershire,
Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Merionethshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, North Somerset, North-west Yorkshire, South Devon, West Kent and
West Sussex (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Audisio in (Fauna Europaea) and in Ireland (InvertebrateIreland Online).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
Digitalis purpurea
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania,
Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Danish mainland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary,
Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland,
Romania, Russia Central, Slovakia, Slovenia, ? Spanish mainland,
Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also
recorded in Near East (Fauna Europaea).
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown. |