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 demaryella (Duponchel, 1840)
[Lepidoptera: Bucculatricidae]


Elachista demaryella Duponchel, 1840. Hist. Nat. Lép. Fr. 11 (8): 547, pl. 309 fig. 5.
Bucculatrix demaryella
(Duponchel, 1840).

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

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     Edmunds, 2002
Betula     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Corylus     Edmunds, 2002
Corylus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Fagaceae      
Castanea sativa Horse chestnut Edmunds, 2002
Castanea sativa Horse chestnut Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Betula pendula Silver Birch Nederlandse bladmineerders
Betula pubescens Downy Birch Nederlandse bladmineerders
Corylus avellana Hazel Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: October (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: East Sutherland (Achany) (British leafminers), Dunbarton, East Kent, East Perth, East Ross, East Sutherland, Fife, Hereford, Kincardine, Main Argyll, Mid Perth, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Essex, Salop, South Aberdeen, Stafford, Stirling, West Gloucester, West Perth, West Suffolk and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, NE, NESBRC and SNH). 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 Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, East and Northwest, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

British leafminers
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Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea
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Last updated 20-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin