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Chrysoesthia
sexguttella (Thunberg, 1794) Six-spot Neb Tinea
sexguttella
Thunberg, 1794. D.D. Dissertatio ent.
systens ent. Insecta suecica 7:
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Leaf-miner: Whitish blotches in the leaves (UKMoths). The mine begins as a short zigzagging corridor, that very soon becomes overrun by a large, perfectly transparent blotch. Frass in a big black central lump. In fresh mines something like primary feeding lines are recognisable, normally seen only in Diptera mines. Pupation external, exit a rather untidy hole (Bladmineerders van Europa). A large, whitish blotch sometimes occupying most or all of the leaf. The frass is mostly ejected from the mine. (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in British leafminers. 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 has a pale head and blackish brown prothoracic plate (British leafminers). The larva is illustrated in UKMoths and Bladmineerders van Europa. Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples). On the ground in detritus (British leafminers). Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk. Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts elsewhere: Time of year - larvae: July, August - September (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: A bivoltine species, with adults on the wing in May and June, then again in August (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widely distributed throughout the British Isles common in some places. (UKMoths) including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Dorset, Dunbartonshire, Durham, East Cornwall, East Ross, East Suffolk, Flintshire, Haddington, Herefordshire, Herfordshire, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Kirkudbrightshire, Linlithgow, Merionethshire, Middlesex, North Aberdeenshire, North Hampshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Wigtownshire (NBN Atlas). See also British leafminers distribution map. Its favoured habitat is waste ground and similar areas where the foodplants are found, tending to inhabit more sheltered locations (UKMoths). Also recorded from the Republic of Ireland. See also Ireland's National Biodiversity Data Centre Map). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia Central, East, North, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, 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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