Leaf-miner: An underside mine, with few creases and causing little leaf
distortion. Some mottling of the upper leaf surface may be caused
(British
leafminers).
Oval,
lower-surface tentiform mine. The lower epidermis has no recognisable
folds, and in fact the mine is barely visible in the felty underside
of the leaf. Frass heaped in an angle of the mine. Pupa in a barely
recognisable flimsy 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).
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
The cremaster is smooth and rounded, with tiny spines (British
leafminers).
The
pupa is also illustrated in 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: July, September-October (British
leafminers).
Time
of year - adults: Currently unknown.
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Cambridgeshire, Dorset, Flintshire, Hertfordshire, Shropshire,
Stafford, Surrey, West Norfolk and West Suffolk (NBN
Atlas).
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria,
Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany,
Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland,
Romania, Russia - Central and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia,
Spanish mainland, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine. Also
recorded in Near East (Fauna Europaea).
NBN Atlas links to known host species:
British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:
Chalcidoidea |
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Achrysocharoides niveipes (Thomson, 1878) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Chrysocharis nephereus (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Cirrospilus
elegantissimus Westwood, 1841 |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Sympiesis gordius (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Sympiesis grahami Erdös, 1966 |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available |
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Coloneura
stylata Förster, 1862 |
Braconidae: Alysiinae |
Colastes
braconius Haliday, 1833 |
Braconidae: Exothecinae |
Pholetesor arisba (Nixon, 1973) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Pholetesor bicolor (Nees, 1834) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Pholetesor circumscriptus (Nees, 1834) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Pholetesor elpis (Nixon, 1973) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Mesochorus anomalus Holmgren, 1860 |
Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae |
Mesochorus dispar Brischke, 1880 |
Ichneumonidae: Mesochorinae |
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