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Leaf-miner: A broad twisting gallery, almost frass filled (British leafminers).

Egg at the upperside of the leaf. The mine is an irregular, broad corridor with a conspicuous, broad, black frass line that almost fills the gallery, leaving only a narrow transparant zone at either side. Pupation external (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).

Yellow; laying dorsum upwards in the mine. Gustafsson and van Nieukerken (1990a) give a description (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).

Adult: The adult is not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Fagaceae
Quercus	ilex	Evergreen Oak		British leafminers
Quercus	ilex	Evergreen Oak		Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Fagaceae
Quercus	coccifera			Bladmineerders van Europa
Quercus	ilex	Evergreen Oak		Bladmineerders van Europa
Quercus	ilex subsp. rotundifolia			Bladmineerders van Europa
Quercus	suber	Cork Oak		Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: July, October - March (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Cornwall, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Glamorgan, Hertfordshire, Isle of Wight, Leicestershire, Middlesex, North Essex, North Somerset, Pembrokeshire, South Devon, West Gloucestershire, West Norfolk and West Suffolk (NBN Atlas).

See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including ? Balearic Is., Bosnia and Herzegovina, Corsica, Croatia, French mainland, Italian mainland, Portuguese mainland, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovenia and Spanish mainland. Also recorded in North Africa (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: