Leaf-miner:
Small, full depth, irregular corridor mine. Older larvae live free
on the plant (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).
Yellow; head and anal shield shining black, prothoracic shield yellow
with a darker outer margin (Hering, 1962a) (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 illustrated in UKMoths. 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 including Dorset, East Sussex,
Flintshire, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, North Somerset and South Devon (NBN
Atlas).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania,
Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic,
French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania,
Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Slovakia,
Spanish mainland, Switzerland, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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