The leaf and stem  mines of British flies and other insects by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds.


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Hadroplontus litura (Fabricius, 1775)
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
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Curculio litura
Fabricius, 1775.
Nedyus detritus Stephens 1831.
Curculio ovalis Marsham 1802.
Hadroplontus litura (Fabricius, 1775).


Leaf-mine: Initially mines basal leaves of Cirsium etc., before moving into the stem (Michael Morris, pers. comm.).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Cirsium     Michael Morris (pers. comm.)

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Anglesey, Caernarvonshire, Derbyshire, North Aberdeen, Northamptonshire, Stafford and West Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - B-BC, CCW, NE, NESBRC and SER).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea).

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Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine. Also recorded in East Palaearctic, Near East and North Africa (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea).

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Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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Last updated 20-Aug-2010  Brian Pitkin