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Aspilapteryx
tringipennella (Zeller, 1839) Ribwort Slender
Gracilaria
tringipennella Zeller, 1839. Isis: 209.
Aspilapteryx tringipennella (Zeller, 1839). |
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Leaf-miner: Early mine a silvery gallery in lower epidermis. Subsequently a blotch on the upper epidermis. Internal spinning causes the leaf to pucker and often fold over the blotch, concealing it (British leafminers). The mine starts as a long, tortuous, lower-surface (rarely upper-surface) epidermal, silvery corridor. After a moult the larva works itself to the upper surface of the leaf and begins to make a blotch, soon a tentiform mine, astride the midrib. The mine contracts very strongly, causing the epidermis to develop strong folds, and the leaf to double, almost concealing the mine. Shortly before pupation the larva gnaws a window in the floor of the mine, leaving only the lower epidermis intact, as a preformed exit opening. Larvae that have hibernated generally leave their mine, and make a new tentiform mine elsewhere (Bladmineerders van Europa). 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 Bladmineerders van Europa. Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples). Pupa in a white fusiform cocoon in the mine (British leafminers). Adult: The adult is illustrated 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: June-July, October-April (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: There are two generations in the year, the adults being on the wing in May and again in August. The second generation overwinters as a larva (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Chester and Hampshire (UKMoths); Bedfordshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, East Cornwall, East Gloucestershire, East Norfolk, East Ross, East Suffolk, Easterness, Elgin, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Kincardineshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, North Aberdeenshire, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Devon, South Lancashire, South Wiltshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk, Westmorland and Worcestershire (NBN Atlas), and the Channel Is. (Fauna Europaea). Also South Hampshire (British leafminers). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Dodecanese Is., Estonia, Faroe Is., Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea). NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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