Leaf-miner: The short full depth corridor mine is made in the leaf in September
and the larva then hibernates on the axil of the leaf, making a
web and feeding the next spring (British
leafminers). In the spring they feed on the leaves from within
a silk web (UKMoths).
The
larvae make a small full depth corridor in autumn. They pass the
winter in a hiberaculum outside the mine, later they live free in
a spinning (Bladmineerders van Europa).
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Mines
of Paraswammerdamia albicapitella on Prunus spinosa
Image: © David Manning (British
leafminers) |
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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).
Free-living larva- Body slender, reddish brown; head light brown; prothoracic plate dark brown. Laterally a bright white, broad but to the rear quickly narrowing length line on thorax of foremost abdomen segments. A similar dorsal line, but narrower and shorter, begins behind the head (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Pupation on a twig in a cocoon (British
leafminers).
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: September - June (British
leafminers).
Time
of year - adults: The adults can be found on the wing in July
and are attracted to light (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Throughout England, Wales and
southern Scotland (UKMoths)
including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire,
Carmarthenshire, Cumberland, Derbyshire, Dorset, Durham, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kirkudbrightshire, Leicestershire, Middlesex,
North Hampshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, North Wiltshire, Pembrokeshire, Shropshire,
South Devon, South Lancashire, South Northumberland, South Somerset, South Wiltshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall,
West Gloucestershire, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and
Westmorland (NBN
Atlas) and the Channel Is.
Also
recorded in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Fauna Europaea). See National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania,
Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland,
Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland,
Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, 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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