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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Tachyerges pseudostigma (Tempère, 1982)
[Coleoptera: Curculionidae]
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Rhynchaenus pseudostigma Tempère, 1982.
Tachyerges pseudostigma
(Tempère, 1982)
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Leaf-mine: Full depth corridor, beginning at the base of the midrib and very roughly following the leaf margin; all the while the corridor widens, until almost the entire leaf has been mined out. Frass, as coarse grains or thread fragments, in the centre of the mine. The larva pupates in the mine, in a globular cocoon made of secretion (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     Pitkin & Plant
Corylus     Pitkin & Plant
Salicaceae      
Salix     Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Alnus     Bladmineerders van Europa
Betula     Bladmineerders van Europa
Corylus avellana Hazel Bladmineerders van Europa
Salicaceae     Bladmineerders van Europa
Populus nigra Black-poplar Bladmineerders van Europa
Salix alba White Willow Bladmineerders van Europa
Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia Rusty Willow

Bladmineerders van Europa, as Salix atrocinerea

Salix repens Creeping Willow Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: East Sussex (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

NBN Grid map:

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Danish mainland, French mainland, Germany, Moldova, Poland, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South and Switzerland (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution maps of known host species in Britain and elsewhere:

Corylus avellana, Populus nigra, Salix alba, Salix cinerea subsp. oleifolia, Salix repens

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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Last updated 29-Jun-2010  Brian Pitkin