Leaf
miner / Stem-borer:
Narrow
gallery in a young leaf. After having mined for some time the larva
becomes a borer in the stem or rhizome (Bladmineerders van Europa).
The
larvae feed inside the stems (UKMoths).
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).
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:
May - June (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Time
of year - adults: The adults fly in July and August and come
sparingly to light (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Locally distributed from southern
England northwards to southern Scotland, and occupies wet localities
such as ponds and canals (UKMoths)
including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Breconshire, Cambridgeshire, Carmarthenshire, Cumberland, Dorset,
Dumfrishire, Durham, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sussex,
Glamorgan, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, North Essex, North Somerset, North Northumberland, North-east Yorkshire, Shropshire,
South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire,
Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Norfolk and West Suffolk (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, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad
Region, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland,
Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central and Northwest, Slovakia,
Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
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