Leaf-miner:
In autumn the larva makes a long, somewhat blistered, slightly transparent
corridor. In spring it mines the basal leaves that lie on the ground.
These mines are swollen, clouded green, opaque, and the mined tips
of the leaves are puckered and shrunken, filled with frass (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).
Rather thick, light yellow; head light brown. See Steuer (1973a)
for an illustration of the characteristic sclerites in the pronotum,
prosternum, and anal shield (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
See Patocka (1999a) and Patocka and Turcani (2005a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).
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:
From early spring to the end of May (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Durham,
North Hampshire, South Essex and South Northumberland (NBN
Atlas).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, European Turkey,
French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Luxembourg,
Poland, ? Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia and Sweden (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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