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Leaf-miner: A contorted gallery, early part in underside of leaf (British leafminers).

Egg at the underside of the leaf. The mine is a gradually widening corridor. Its first part generally is lower-surface, hardly visible from above; further on the mine is full depth. Frass deposition very variable, mostly in a narrow central line throughout, but sometiimes widely dispersed or even coiled (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 pale yellow, head pale brown (British leafminers). Pale yellow; described by Gustafsson and van Nieukerken (1990a) (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:

Hosts elsewhere:

Tiliaceae
Tilia				Belgian Lepidoptera
Tilia	alba			Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia	americana			Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia	cordata	Small-leaved Lime		Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia	x euchlora	Caucasian Lime		Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia	platyphyllos	Large-leaved Lime		Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia	rubra			Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia	tomentosa	Silver Lime		Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia	x vulgaris	Lime		Bladmineerders van Europa

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

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain including Caernarvonshire, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Herefordshire, Merionethshire, North Lincolnshire, North Somerset, Shropshire, South-west Yorkshire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk and Westmorland (NBN Atlas).

See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: