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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Coleophora adjectella Hering, 1937
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]
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Coleophora adjectella Hering, 1937. Bestimm. bladmin. Europ. 1: 344; 3: 168.


Leaf-miner and case-bearer: The first case is cut out of an oval mine in the centre of the leaf. The second and third, final, case are excised out of a mine along the leaf margin, and therefore have a serrate dorsal keel. The final case is a spatulate leaf case, 6-7 mm long, with a bivalved, square-cut rear end. The mouth angle is c. 45°. See Emmet et al. (1996a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: See Emmet at al. (1996a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: Not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The male and female genitalia are illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group.

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Crataegus      
Prunus domestica   Bladmineerders van Europa
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Isle of Wight and South Devon (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

NBN Grid map:

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland and Sweden (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution maps of known host species in Britain and elsewhere:

Prunus domestica, Prunus spinosa

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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Last updated 14-Aug-2010  Brian Pitkin