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


HOME : Introduction : Methods : Miners : Parasitoids
Host plants by Scientific name : Common name
References : Web resources : Acknowledgements : Recent changes : Index : Search


Atemelia torquatella (Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
[Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae]


Oecophora torquatella Lienig & Zeller, 1846. Isis: 279.
Atemelia torquatella
(Lienig & Zeller, 1846)
.

Leaf-mine: The mine is described and illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Betula     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ulmus     Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Banff, Elgin, South Aberdeen, West Perth and Westerness (NBN Gateway distribution map - and NESBRC and SNH).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - North and Northwest, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers

NBN Gateway

Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea
[287105]
UKMoths

Find using Google
Find using Google Scholar
Find images using Google

Top of page

Last updated 27-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin