Paracrania chrysolepidella [Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

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Leaf-miner: The larva feeds on hazel or hornbeam, creating blotches with intertwining threads of frass, typical of the genus (UKMoths).

Large white blotch, starting at the leaf margin. Frass in long threads. Often several larvae in a mine. Pupation outside the mine (Bladmineerders van Europa).

The mine is also illustrated in British leafminers.

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).

White with a pale brown head; a pair of brown spots on the pronotum (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 illustrated in UKMoths by Rob Edmunds (as Eriocrania chrysolepidella). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Hosts elsewhere:

Time of year - larvae: April - May (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: A spring-flyng species, being at large during April (UKMoths).

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Widespread in England and recorded in the Republic of Ireland including Cambridgeshire, Dorset, East Cornwall, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Monmouthshire, North Essex, North Somerset, Shropshire, South Essex, South Hampshire, West Gloucestershire, West Lancashire, West Suffolk and Westmorland (NBN Atlas).

See also British leafminers distribution map.

See also Ireland's National Biodiversity Data Centre Map).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Latvia, Poland, Romania, Sweden and Switzerland (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

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

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Belgian Lepidoptera
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
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Last updated 27-Jun-2019 Brian Pitkin Top of page

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