Stem-borer:
The larvae feed internally in the stems of sea club-rush (UKMoths).
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).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths by Jon Baker.
The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - larvae: Currently unknown.
Time
of year - adults: June and July (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Saltmarshes around the coasts
of southern and western England and Wales, including Camarthen,
where it can be locally common (UKMoths);
Cambridgeshire, Carmarthenshire, Denbighshire, Dorset, East Kent, East Suffolk, Glamorgan,
Isle of Wight, Kirkudbrightshire, Merionethshire, North Devon, North Somerset, South Devon, South Essex, South Hampshire,
South-east Yorkshire, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Norfolk and Westmorland (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania,
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French
mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Malta, Norwegian
mainland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland,
Sweden and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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