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 conspicuella Zeller, 1849
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]


Coleophora conspicuella Zeller, 1849. Linn. ent. 4: 236.


Leaf-miner: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Centaurea nigra Common Knapweed Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae      
Aster     Hering, 1957a
Centaurea jacea Brown Knapweed Nederlandse bladmineerders
Chrysanthemum     Hering, 1957a
Dipsacaceae      
Scabiosa columbaria Small Scabious Hering, 1957a

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) including South Essex (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Also East Palaearctic and Near East (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 27-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin