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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Bucculatrix bechsteinella (Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805)
[Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae]


Tinea bechsteinella Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805.
Lyonetia crataegi
Zeller, 1839. Isis: 216. [Synonymised by Hering, 1957a].
Bucculatrix bechsteinella
(Bechstein & Scharfenberg, 1805).

Leaf-mine: The larvae initially mining the leaves in a short, contorted gallery. As the larva develops it leaves the mine to feed externally, creating windows on the upperside of the leaves (UKMoths). The mine is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: The larva is illustrated in British leafminers

Pupa: Pupation occurs in a ribbed white cocoon spun on debris. The winter is passed in this stage. (UKMoths). The coccon is illustrated in British leafminers

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Crataegus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Crataegus     British leafminers
Crataegus     UKMoths
Malus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Malus     British leafminers
Malus     UKMoths
Pyrus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Pyrus     British leafminers
Pyrus     UKMoths
Sorbus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Sorbus     British leafminers
Sorbus     UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Chaenomeles     Hering,1957a
Cotoneaster     Hering,1957a
Crataegus laevigata Midland Hawthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders
Cydonia oblonga Quince Hering,1957a
Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Hering,1957a
Mespilus germanica Medlar Hering,1957a
Pyracantha coccinea Firethorn Hering,1957a
Pyrus communis Pear Hering,1957a
Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Nederlandse bladmineerders
Sorbus torminalis Service-tree Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: July and August (UKMoths).

Time of year - adults: May and early June (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: The moth occurs in wooded areas throughout England and southern Scotland (UKMoths) including North Essex, North Hants and West Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, East and Northwest, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Switzerland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway

Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea
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Last updated 04-Oct-2008  Brian Pitkin