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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Caloptilia betulicola (M. Hering, 1928)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Gracilaria betulicola M. Hering, 1928. Z. angew. Ent. 13: 168.
Caloptilia betulicola
(M. Hering, 1928).


Leaf-mine: The larva mining the leaves initially and then living inside a rolled leaf in later instars (UKMoths).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Betula     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Betula     Belgian Lepidoptera

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Two generations. June and July and then September and October. The second brood overwinters as an adult and often reappears in the early spring (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: British Is. and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Leicester (Pickworth Woods) (UKMoths), Cambridge, East Kent, East Perth, East Ross, East Sutherland, Easterness, Edinburgh, Elgin, Hereford, Hunts, Kincardine, Kirkudbright, Merioneth, Mid Perth, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Essex, North Hants, North Somerset, South Northumberland, Notts, Orkney, Peebles, Selkirk, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Lancaster, South Wilts, South-west York, Warwick, West Gloucester, West Kent, West Ross, Westmorland and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, DBRC, HBRG, JNCC, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG).

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

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

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 21-Oct-2008  Brian Pitkin