Leaf-miner: A
large mine, 15-20 mm long, more than six creases, in the lower epidermis
(British
leafminers).
Relatively
large, lower-surface tentiform mine; epidermis rather strongly folded.
Pupa in the mine, in a white cocoon (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).
Larvae with an orange-yellow spot dorsally on the sixth abdominal
segment (Bladmineerders van Europa).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
Cremaster exceptionally long and (see from the side) flat (Gregor
and Patocka, 2001a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).
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 - October (British
leafminers).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Anglesey,
Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Caernarvonshire, Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Dorset, Durham, East Cornwall, East Norfolk,
East Suffolk, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Huntingdonshire, Merionethshire, Monmouthshire, North Hampshire,
Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South -west Yorkshire, Stafford,
Stirlingshire, Surrey, West Norfolk, West Perthshire, and Worcestershire (NBN
Atlas).
See also British
leafminers distribution map.
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania,
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland,
French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania,
Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, North,
Northwesy, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine
and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
Chalcidoidea |
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Achrysocharoides cilla (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Achrysocharoides niveipes (Thomson, 1878) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis laomedon (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis nephereus (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Pediobius alcaeus (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Cirrospilus
diallus Walker, 1838 |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Sympiesis gordius (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Baryscapus nigroviolaceus (Nees, 1834) |
Eulophidae: Tetrastichinae |
Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available |
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Coloneura
stylata Förster, 1862 |
Braconidae: Alysiinae |
Colastes
braconius Haliday, 1833 |
Braconidae: Exothecinae |
Pholetesor circumscriptus (Nees, 1834) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Scambus calobatus (Gravenhorst, 1829) |
Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae |
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