Leaf-miner:
Large full depth blotch in the lower leaves; much frass in coarse
grains. The larva can make several mines. Pupation either in the
mine or in the ground. Mines cannot be distinguished from those
of Mompha lacteella (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).
Body brownish red; head black; prothoracic plate two dark brown
rectangular sclerites; anal plate light brown, thoracic feet dark
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 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: The species spends the winter as a larva (UKMoths).
Time
of year - adults: The moths fly at night between June and August,
and come to light (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Occurs in suitable habitat throughout
most of Britain (UKMoths)
including Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Carnarvonshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Dumfriesshire, Dunbartonshire, Durham, East Cornwall, East Gloucestershire, East Norfolk,
East Suffolk, Easterness, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire,
Linlithgow, Main Argyll, Middlesex, North Aberdeenshire, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Lincolnshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, Nottinghamshire, Outer Hebrides, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire,
South Lancashire, South Northumberland, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey,
Warwickshire, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Perthshire, West Suffolk, West Sussex and Westmorland (NBN
Atlas).
Also
recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Fauna Europaea and National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium,
Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland,
Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Macedonia,
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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