Leaf-miner:
Full depth, somewhat inflated and puckered mine with scattered frass.
Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).
The
larva lives in the flower-buds and mines in the leaves (UKMoths and
Belgian Lepidoptera).
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 illustrated in UKMoths
and illustrated in Encyclopedia of Life.
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
The larva pupates in a tough cocoon on or under the surface of the ground
( Belgian Lepidoptera). The pupa is illustrated in UKMoths.
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths and the Encyclopedia of Life. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: Almost any time of year (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Fairly common throughout Britain including Lancashire (Greater Manchester, Chorlton) (UKMoths);
Anglesey, Banffshire, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire,
Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Dorset, East Cornwall,
East Norfolk, East Ross, East Suffolk, East Sussex, East Sutherland,
Easterness, Elgin, Fife, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Haddington, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Merionethshire, Mid Perthshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, North Aberdeenshire,
North Devon, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Northumberland, North Somerset, North Wiltshire,
North-west Yorkshire, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Devon, South Hampshire,
South Lancashire, South Northumberland, South Somerset, South Wiltshire, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford,
Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West
Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk, West Sussex, West Sutherland, Westmorland, Wigtownshire, Worcestershire and Shetland (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Corsica, Czech Republic,
Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Greek mainland,
Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Norwegian mainland,
Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spanish
mainland, Sweden and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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