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 chalcogramella Zeller, 1839
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]


Coleophora chalcogramella Zeller, 1839.


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Caryophyllaceae      
Cerastium arvense Field Mouse-ear Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Stellaria graminea Lesser Stitchwort Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Caryophyllaceae      
Arenaria serpyllifolia Thyme-leaved Sandwort Nederlandse bladmineerders
Cerastium arvense Field Mouse-ear Nederlandse bladmineerders
Moehringia trinervia Three-nerved Sandwort Nederlandse bladmineerders
Stellaria graminea Lesser Stitchwort Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: May (Emmet et al., 1996a).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Czech Republic, Danish mainland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia - North, Slovakia, Sweden and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Belgian Lepidoptera
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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin