Leaf
and bark miner:
Mining the stems and later the leaves (UKMoths).
The
larva lives as a bark miner in late summer and autumn. It descends
into the rootstock for hibernation. After hibernation large, lower
surface blotch mines are made in the lower leaves, from a gallery
in the bark. They start in the base of the leaf, and are centered
over the midrib. The mine contains hardly any frass. The larva can
make several mines. Sometimes several larvae in a mine. Pupation
in 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).
Yellowish white; head, prothoracic and anal plate light brown (Koster,
2002b; Koster and Sinev, 2003a) (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:
Early spring, up to April (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: Flying at night, and attracted to light, the
adults can be found on the wing between May and August (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Occurs widely throughout much
of Britain (UKMoths)
including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Denbighshire,
Durham, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Linlithgow, Middlesex, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire, South Lancashire, South Northumberland, South Somerset,
South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Westmorland (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, French mainland,
Germany, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia,
Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden,
Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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