Leaf-spinner:
The
larva feeds below the surface of the water between spun leaves of
several aquatic plant (Belgian Lepidoptera).
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).
Pupation takes place in a large, pinkish, oval cocoon attached
to a stem or debris (Belgian Lepidoptera).
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths
(by Keith Dover) and Belgian Lepidoptera. 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: Flies from June to August, being attracted
to light (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Found locally in suitable habitat
mainly in the southern half of Britain (UKMoths)
including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire,
Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Hertfordshire,
Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Middlesex, North Essex,
North Hampshire, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Shropshire, South Devon, South Essex, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South-east Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk, West Sussex, Westmorland and Worcestershire (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,
Balearic Is., Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria,
Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland,
French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland,
Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese
mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, East and South, Sardinia, Sicily,
Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands
(Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
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