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 aestuariella (Bradley, 1984)
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]


Coleophora aestuariella Bradley, 1984. Ent. gaz. 35: 137-140.


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: The larval case is illustrated in British leafminers.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Chenopodiaceae      
Suaeda maritima Annual Sea-blite British leafminers

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

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

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Britain including Hants (Hayling Island) (British leafminers) and North Essex (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Found in the upper parts of salt marsh, close to high water mark (British leafminers).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Bulgaria, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Portuguese mainland, Spanish mainland and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
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Nederlandse bladmineerders
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Last updated 27-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin