The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

 

LEPIDOPTERA LARVAE
(examples, not to scale)

Larva : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : Lepidoptera
Pupa/Puparium : Coleoptera : Diptera : Hymenoptera : Lepidoptera
Diptera : Anterior spiracles : Posterior spiracles : Cephalo-pharyngeal skeleton

The larvae of Lepidoptera have at least six thoracic legs, a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding) and usually have abdominal legs.

Acrocercops brongniardella
Acrocercops brongniardella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Acrolepia autumnitella
Acrolepia autumnitella
[Lepidoptera: Acrolepiidae]
Images: Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Antispila metallella
Antispila metallella
[Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Antispila metallella
Antispila metallella
[Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Antispila treitschkiella young and old larvae
Antispila treitschkiella
[Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Antispila treitschkiella
Antispila treitschkiella
[Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   

Aspilapteryx tringipennella
Aspilapteryx tringipennella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Aspilapteryx tringipennella
Aspilapteryx tringipennella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Caloptilia elongella
Caloptilia elongella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Caloptilia elongella
Caloptilia elongella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   

Caloptilia hemidactylella
Caloptilia hemidactylella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Cedestis subfasciella
Cedestis subfasciella
[Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Coleophora alnifoliae
Coleophora alnifoliae
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Coleophora fuscocuprella
Coleophora fuscocuprella
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

   
Coleophora limosipennella
Coleophora limosipennella
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Coleophora limosipennella
Coleophora limosipennella
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Coleophora lineolea
Coleophora lineolea
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Coleophora lusciniaepennella
Coleophora lusciniaepennella
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Coleophora trochilella
Coleophora trochilella
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Coleophora violacea
Coleophora violacea
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Coptotriche angusticollella
Coptotriche angusticollella
[Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Coptotriche angusticollella
Coptotriche angusticollella
[Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Coptotriche angusticollella
Coptotriche angusticollella
[Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Coptrotriche gaunacella
Coptrotriche gaunacella
[Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae]
Image: © Jean-Yves Baugnée (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Coptotriche marginea
Coptotriche marginea
[Lepidoptera: Tischeriidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Cosmopterix lienigiella
Cosmopterix lienigiella
[Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Cosmopterix pulchrimella
Cosmopterix pulchrimella
[Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Cosmopterix scribaiella
Cosmopterix scribaiella
[Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Cosmopterix zieglerella
Cosmopterix zieglerella
[Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)

Dialectica imperialella
Dialectica imperialella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Dialectica imperialella
Dialectica imperialella
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Dyseriocrania subpurpurella
Dyseriocrania subpurpurella
[Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
   
Ectoedemia albifasciella
Ectoedemia albifasciella
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)
Ectoedemia argyropeza
Ectoedemia argyropeza
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]
Image: © Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa)



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