Leaf-miner: The mine starts as a corridor at the midrib and ends in
a blotch (British
leafminers, as Salius fagi). The mine is also illustrated
in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Larva: The larvae of beetles have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles and lack abdominal legs (see examples).
The larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
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:
Time
of year - mines: Univoltine: early summer (British
leafminers, as Salius fagi).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Britain: Widespread including Anglesey, Ayrshire, Bedfordhsire, Berkshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Caithness, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Dumfriseshire, East Gloucestershire, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Perthshire, East Ross, East Suffolk, East Sussex,
East Sutherland, Easterness, Edinburgh, Elgin, Fife, Flintshire, Glamgorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Man, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire, Linlithgow, Main Arygyll, Merionethshire, Mid Ebudes, Mid Perthshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex,
Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, North Aberdeenshire, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxforshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Devon, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South Somerset, South-west
Yorkshire, Stafford, Stirlingshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Ross, West Suffolk, West Sussex, West Sutherland, Westerness, Westmorland, Wigtownshire, and Worcestershire (NBN
Atlas).
Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (NBDC interactive map, Fauna Europaea) and in Ireland (InvertebrateIreland Online).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Bulgaria, Corsica,
French mainland, Germany, Gibraltar, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian
mainland, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania,
Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Sweden and Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
Parasitoids:
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