Leaf-miner
and case-bearer:
Tubular leaf case, 6-7 mm long, light, later dark brown, trivalved,
with a mouth angle of 45°. The larva lives at the underside
of the leaf, and makes sizable full depth mines there (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).
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. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts
elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae:
The larvae are full grown by end-May (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Durham, East Cornwall, East Sussex, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, North Essex, North Somerset, South Devon, South Essex, South Wiltshire and West Cornwall (NBN
Atlas).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, French mainland,
Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian
mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia Central and South, Slovakia, Sweden,
Switzerland and The Netherlands. Also recorded in Near East (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
Cotoneaster
franchetii, Cydonia
oblonga, Malus
pumila, Prunus
armeniaca, Prunus
avium, Prunus
cerasus, Prunus
domestica subsp. insititia, Prunus
mahaleb, Prunus
serrulata, Prunus
spinosa, Pyracantha
coccinea, Sorbus
aria, Sorbus
aucuparia |
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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