GRACILLARIIDAE
(midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)

Interactions where GRACILLARIIDAE is the victim or passive partner (and generally loses out from the process)

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

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Affected Part Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season Summary
is parasitoid host of larva UK/IrelandMajor Colastes braconius a parasitoid wasp Hymenoptera: Braconidae The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids, Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Braconidae/Colastes braconius/Colastes braconiusa parasitoid wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gracillariidae/Gracillariidaemidget, slender and some bent-wing micro-mothsMajor larva is parasitoid of
larva is parasitoid host of larva UK/IrelandMajor Scambus inanis a pimpline ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoids, Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Scambus inanis/Scambus inanisa pimpline ichneumon wasplarva Animal / parasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Gracillariidae/Gracillariidaemidget, slender and some bent-wing micro-mothslarvaMajor larva is parasitoid of larva

Author & YearTitleSource
Pocock, M., Evans, D., Straw, N. & Polaszek, A., 2011The Horse-chestnut leaf-miner and its parasitoidsBritish Wildlife Vol 22, No. 5: 305-313.

GRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths) may be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

GRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths) may also be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Subtaxon Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
interactions		 No of
references
GRACILLARIINAE
slender micro-moths
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 8 trophisms
LITHOCOLLETINAE
midget micro-moths
Subfamily 3 subtaxa 32 trophisms 4 references
PHYLLOCNISTINAE
a subfamily of bent-wing micro-moths
Subfamily 1 subtaxa 1 references
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyGRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGRACILLARIOIDEA (a superfamily of ermel, midget and slnder micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for GRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1985 Cossidae to Helionidinidae (vol 2) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 2, 460pp, Harley Books
György Csóka 2003 Levélaknák és Levélaknázók - Leaf Mines and Leaf Miners 192pp, Forest Research Institute, Budapest

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Dickerson, B. 2007 The identification of leaf-mining Lepidoptera http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Mine_Guide.htm
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

Microscopy

() Pierce, F. N. & Metcalfe, J. W 1935 The genitalia of the tineid families of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands The Northern Publishing Company

GRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to GRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 99 images of GRACILLARIIDAE (midget, slender and some bent-wing micro-moths)
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