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A very rare
species in Belgium.
The
egg is laid on the upperside of Agrimonia or Aremonia. Initially
the larva makes a slender strongly contorted gallery with
interrupted linear frass
leaving distinct clear margins, later the gallery broadens and
finally ends in a irregular blotch which often absorbs the earlier
gallery. Often several mines on the same leaf.
The
adults fly in one generation a year during June.
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Belgium, Luxembourg, Resteigne, 09 October 2011.
mines with larvae visible on Agrimonia eupatoria det. E Van Nieukerken
(Photo
© Jean-Yves Baugnée)
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