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Gracillaria
syringella (Fabricius, 1794) Tinea
syringella
Fabricius, 1794. Ent. Syst.
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Leaf-miner: Larvae usually gregarious. Early mine an epidermal gallery leading to a contorted blotch with black frass. Subsequently two successive cones formed by folding the tip of a leaf downwards (British leafminers, as Caloptilia syringella). Often, many leaves on a single bush turn brown and curl up with the mines. The species can be a pest in gardens (UKMoths). The mine begins at a row of eggs along the midrib. The emerging larvae form relatively broad, inconspicuous, lower-surface corridor. Subsequently a large, grey brown or greenish brown, very opaque upper-surface blotch is made, occupied by ten or more larvae. The mine makes the leaf somewhat bumpy, but the leaf does not fold around the mine, like in Caloptilia cuculipennella. After some time the larvae leave the mine and continue feeding, still comunnally, in a downwards rolled leaf (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). The larva is illustrated in UKMoths and Bladmineerders van Europa.
Watch a video of a gracillarid larva feeding. Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples). The pupa is illustrated in British leafminers. Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths and the Encyclopedia of Life. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk. Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts elsewhere: Time of year - larvae: June, August-September (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: The adults fly in May and again in July, and can be very common indeed where the mines are to be found (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: A common species throughout Britain (UKMoths) including Anglesey, Ayrshire, Banffshire, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, East Cornwall, East Gloucestershire, East Norfolk, East Ross, East Suffolk, East Sussex, East Sutherland, Easterness, Edinburgh, Elgin, Flintshire, Forfar, Glamorgan, Haddington, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire, Linlithgow, Main Argyll, Merionethshire, Mid-west Yorkshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, North Aberdeenshire, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Hampshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Nottinghamshire, Orkney, Outer Hebrides, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Devon, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South Northumberland, South Wiltshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Stirlingshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Ross, West Suffolk, West Sussex, Westerness, Wetmorland, Wigtownshire, Worcester and Shetland (NBN Atlas), the Channel Is. (Fauna Europaea). See also British leafminers distribution map (as Caloptilia syringella). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Dodecanese Is., Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the Near East and Nearctic Region (Fauna Europaea). NBN Atlas links to known host species: British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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