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Leaf miner / Stem-borer: Narrow gallery in a young leaf. After having mined for some time the larva becomes a borer in the stem or rhizome (Bladmineerders van Europa).

The larvae feed inside the stems (UKMoths).

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).

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Cyperaceae
Scirpus				Pitkin & Plant
Iridaceae
Iris				Pitkin & Plant
Poaceae
Glyceria	maxima	Reed Sweet-grass		Pitkin & Plant
Sparganiaceae
Sparganium				Pitkin & Plant
Sparganium				UKMoths
Typhaceae
Typha	angustifolia	Lesser Bulrush		Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Cyperaceae
Schoenoplectus	lacustris	Common Club-rush		Bladmineerders van Europa, as Scirpus lacustris
Iridaceae
Iris				Belgian Lepidoptera
Iris	pseudacorus	Yellow Iris		Bladmineerders van Europa
Poaceae
Glyceria	maxima	Reed Sweet-grass		Belgian Lepidoptera
Glyceria	maxima	Reed Sweet-grass		Bladmineerders van Europa
Sparganiaceae
Sparganium				Belgian Lepidoptera
Sparganium				Bladmineerders van Europa
Typhaceae
Typha				Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: May - June (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year - adults: The adults fly in July and August and come sparingly to light (UKMoths).

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Locally distributed from southern England northwards to southern Scotland, and occupies wet localities such as ponds and canals (UKMoths) including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Breconshire, Cambridgeshire, Carmarthenshire, Cumberland, Dorset, Dumfrishire, Durham, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, East Sussex, Glamorgan, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, North Essex, North Somerset, North Northumberland, North-east Yorkshire, Shropshire, South Hampshire, South Lancashire, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Gloucestershire, West Norfolk and West Suffolk (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, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central and Northwest, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.