Leaf-miner: A mine with several creases in lower epidermis, causing the
leaf to arch or fold over (British
leafminers).
The
larvae feed on blackthorn or sometimes wild plum. On blackthorn
the mines are narrow and cause the leaf to pucker strongly, often
folding right over, and being whitish, resemble those of the blackthorn-feeding Parornix species (UKMoths).
Lower-surface,
strongly inflated tentifom mine bewtwwn to side veins. Lower epidermis
with folds, green. Pupa in a white cocoon, frass in a mass in a
corner of the mine. Before emergence the pupa works itself halfway
out of the mine (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).
The larva is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).
The pupa is illustrated in Bladmineerders van Europa.
Adult:
The adult is illustrated in UKMoths.
The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.
Comments:
Treated as a senior synonym of P.
cerasicolella in Fauna Europaea.
Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:
Hosts elsewhere:
Time
of year - larvae: July, September - April (British
leafminers).
Time
of year - adults: The moths fly in two generations, in May and
August (UKMoths).
Distribution
in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread throughout most of
the British Isles UKMoths)
including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire,
Carmarthenshire, Cheshire, Denbighshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Dumfriesshire, Durham, East Gloucestershire, East Kent,
East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Flintshire, Glamorgan,
Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire, Merionethshire,
Middlesex, Montgomeryshire, North Aberdeenshire, North Devon, North Essex, North Northumberland, North Somerset,
North-west Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire, South Hampshire, South Northumberland, Stafford, Stirlingshire, Warwickshire, West Cornwall, West Gloucester, West Kent, West Norfolk, West Suffolk, Westmorland and Worcestershire (NBN
Atlas).
See also British
leafminers distribution map.
Distribution
elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania,
Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish
mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland,
Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic
of Moldova, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central,
East, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine
and Yugoslavia. 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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Chrysocharis laomedon (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Entedoninae |
Cirrospilus
vittatus Walker, 1838 |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Pnigalio agraules (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Sympiesis acalle (Walker, 1848) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Sympiesis gordius (Walker, 1839) |
Eulophidae: Eulophinae |
Minotetrastichus platanellus (Mercet, 1922) |
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 |
Colastes vividus Papp, 1975 |
Braconidae: Exothecinae |
Cotesia praepotens (Haliday, 1834) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Pholetesor bicolor (Nees, 1834) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Pholetesor circumscriptus (Nees, 1834) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Pholetesor nanus (Reinhard, 1880) |
Braconidae: Microgastrinae |
Diadegma pusio (Holmgren, 1860) |
Ichneumonidae: Campopleginae |
Hemiteles similis (Gmelin, 1790) |
Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae |
Scambus inanis (Schrank, 1802) |
Ichneumonidae: Pimplinae |
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