Leaf Mine

Forewing Length: 9-13mm;
Wingspan: 20-30mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
June - July September	July - August (Earliest: 15.7) September - May	May - June August - September	May - June (Earliest: 29.5) July - September (Earliest: 26.8)

Biotopes:	Meadows	Spruce Forest Edge
Food: (Larva) (Oligophagous Leaf Miner)	Petasites hybridus	Tussilago farfara
Parasitoids:	Gelis agilis Larva	Scambus brevicornis Larva	Microgaster rufipes Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Platyptilia gonodactyla
Platyptilia gonodactyla
Nature Spot: Platyptilia gonodactyla
Lepiforum: Platyptilia gonodactyla
Plant Parasites of Europe: Platyptilia gonodactyla

Pictures © 2003, 2007 J.K. Lindsey, 2018 R. Thunus

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