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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Trachys minutus (Linnaeus, 1758)
[Coleoptera: Buprestidae]


Buprestis minutus Linnaeus, 1758
Trachys mandjurica
Obenberger, 1917
Trachys reflexiformis
Obenberger, 1917
Trachys minutus
(Linnaeus, 1758)


Leaf-mine: Full depth blotch, invariably beginning at the leaf tip or the tip of a leaf lobe or tooth. Oviposition site covered by a black, shining drop of hardened secretion. Frass generally in long threads, but sometimes in elongated granules (Nederlandse bladmineerders).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Pupa in the mine, not in a cocoon Nederlandse bladmineerders

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Corylus avellana Hazel Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Aceraceae      
Acer campestre Field Maple Nederlandse bladmineerders
Betulaceae      
Carpinus betulus Hornbeam Nederlandse bladmineerders
Corylus avellana Hazel Nederlandse bladmineerders
Rosaceae      
Crataegus     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Nederlandse bladmineerders
Prunus     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Pyrus communis Pear Nederlandse bladmineerders
Sorbus aria Common Whitebeam Nederlandse bladmineerders
Rhamnaceae      
Rhamnus frangula   Nederlandse bladmineerders
Salicaceae      
Salix alba White Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders
Salix aurita Eared Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders
Salix caprea Goat Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders
Salix cinerea Grey Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders
Tiliaceae      
Tilia cordata Small-leaved Lime Nederlandse bladmineerders
Tilia platyphyllos Large-leaved Lime Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ulmaceae      
Ulmus laevis European White-elm Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ulmus minor Small Leaved Elm Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Widespread including Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Dorset, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Sussex, Herts, Hunts, Leicester, North Essex, North Hants, North Lincoln, Northampton, Oxford, South Hants, South Wilts, South-east York, Surrey, West Kent, Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRC and NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, European Turkey, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the Australian region and Near East (Alonso-Zarazaga in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 01-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin