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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Celypha woodiana (Barrett, 1882)
[Lepidoptera: Tortricidae]


Brachytaenia woodiana Barrett, 1882. Ent. mon. Mag. 18: 185.
Celypha woodiana
(Barrett, 1882).


Leaf-mine: The larva overwinters in a narrow crescent shaped mine on the the lower leaf surface and then forms a large blotch mine next spring (British leafminers).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Viscaceae      
Viscum album Mistletoe British leafminers
Viscum album Mistletoe Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Viscaceae      
Viscum album Mistletoe Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: September - May (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: A rare miner, being found in old apple orchards in the West of England including Gloucester, South Wales (British leafminers), North Somerset, Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC and NE) and the Channel Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 21-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin