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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ALNUS. Alder. [Betulaceae]


Alder (Alnus glutinosa (L.) Gaertn.) is the only native species of Alnus in Britain, although Italian Alder (A. cordata (Loisel.) Duby), Grey Alder (A. incana (L.) Moench), Seaside Alder (A. maritima), Oriental Alder (A. orientalis), Red Alder (A. rubra) and Green Alder (A. viridis) have been introduced.

Only one dipterous miner, the agromyzid Agromyza alnivora, is recorded on Alnus in Britain and elsewhere.

The agromyzid Phytobia cambii feeds in the cambium of Salix and Populus in Britain and also Alnus, Betula and Carpinus elsewhere.

Twenty-two non-dipterous miners are recorded on Alnus in Britain (see below).

Elsewhere one additional British non-dipterous miner is recorded on Alnus (see below).

Alder - Alnus glutinosa Photo:  Brian Pitkin
Alder - Alnus glutinosa



Key for the identification of the known Diptera mines in Britain.




1> Larva forming a linear leaf mine, considerably widening at end.

Mine of Agromyza alnivora on Alnus glutinosa. Photo: Willem Ellis
Mine of Agromyza alnivora on Alnus glutinosa. Image: Willem Ellis (Source: Nederlandse bladmineerders)

Agromyza alnivora Spencer [Agromyzidae].



Non-dipterous miners recorded on Alnus in Britain

Anoplus roboris Suffrian 1840
Coleoptera: Curculionidae
    Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Bohemannia quadrimaculella (Boheman 1853)
Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae       Fauna Europaea
Bucculatrix cidarella (Zeller 1839) Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Caloptilia elongella (Linnaeus 1761) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Caloptilia falconipennella (Hübner 1813) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora alnifoliae Barasch 1934 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Colephora binderella Staudinger 1859 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora orbitella Zeller 1849 Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae     Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora serratella (Linnaeus 1761) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Coleophora violaceae (Ström 1783) Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Fenusa dohrnii (Tischbein 1846) Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Heliozela resplendella (Stainton 1851) Lepidoptera: Heliozelidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Heterarthrus vagans (Fallén 1808)
Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Incurvaria pectinea Haworth 1828 Lepidoptera: Incurvariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Orchestes testaceus (Müller, 1766) Coleoptera: Curculionidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Phyllonorycter froelichiella (Zeller 1839) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Phyllonorycter kleemannella (Fabricius 1781)
Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Phyllonorycter rajella (Linnaeus 1758) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Phyllonorycter stettinensis (Nicelli 1852) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Phyllonorycter strigulatella (Lienig & Zeller 1846) Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Stigmella alnetella (Stainton 1856) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea
Stigmella glutinosae (Stainton 1858) Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae British Leafminers   Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea

Additional British non-dipterous miners recorded on Alnus elsewhere

Coleophora anatipennella (Hübner, 1796) Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae British Leafminers UKMoths Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea



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