Leaf-miner:
Upper-surface blotch. The inner wall is lined with much silk, giving
the mine a white colour. The silk also causes the mine to contract,
pulling the leaf margins upwards; the mine can be almost completely
hidden from view in this way. All frass is ejected from the mine.
Pupation within the mine (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).
Greenish white; head an prothoracic plate dark brown (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Adult:
The adult is not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). 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: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain (Fauna Europaea).
Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Corsica,
Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary,
Italian mainland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland
and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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