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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Caryocolum junctella (Douglas, 1851)
[Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae]


Gelechia junctella Douglas, 1851. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 2 (1): 103.
Caryocolum junctella
(Douglas, 1851).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Caryophyllaceae      
Cerastium   Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Stellaria graminea Lesser Stitchwort Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Caryophyllaceae      
Cerastium arvense Field Mouse-ear Nederlandse bladmineerders
Cerastium glomeratum Sticky Mouse-ear Nederlandse bladmineerders
Stellaria holostea Lesser Stitchwort Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including East Sutherland and South Essex (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE and SNH).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and East, Slovakia, Slovenia, ? Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 21-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin