The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

  

Coleophora gardesanella Toll, 1954
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]

Small Streaked Case-bearer

Coleophora gardesanella Toll, 1954. Mem. Soc. ent. ital. 32: 106, fig'd
Coleophora machinella Bradley, 1971. Ent. Gaz. 22: 23-8.

Leaf-miner and case-bearer: A straw-coloured to grey, slender, three valved tubular silken case. Mouth angle 45° to 60°. The case resembles that of Coleophora trochilella, but the case is more slender, the mouth is narrower and the constriction behind the mouth less deep. (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples).Strongly resembling the larva of Coleophora trochilella, but the rear margin of the pronotum has two dark spots (Emmet et al., 1996a) (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).

Adult: The adult is not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Asteraceae        
Achillea millefolium Yarrow British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Pitkin & Plant
Achillea ptarmica Sneezewort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Pitkin & Plant
Artemisia maritima Sea Wormwood British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Pitkin & Plant
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Pitkin & Plant
Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Pitkin & Plant
Tanacetum vulgare Tansy British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae        
Achillea millefolium Yarrow British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Belgian Lepidoptera
Achillea millefolium Yarrow British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Achillea ptarmica Sneezewort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Belgian Lepidoptera
Achillea ptarmica Sneezewort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Artemisia maritima Sea Wormwood British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Belgian Lepidoptera
Artemisia maritima Sea Wormwood British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Belgian Lepidoptera
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Centaurea       Belgian Lepidoptera
Leucanthemum       Belgian Lepidoptera
Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa, as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum
Tanacetum       Belgian Lepidoptera
Tanacetum vulgare Tansy British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Southern England including North Hampshire and South Hampshire (NBN Atlas).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Belgium, ? Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland, French mainland, Italian mainland, Latvia and Sicily. Also recorded in East Palaearctic
and Near East (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Achillea millefolium, Achillea ptarmica, Artemisia maritima, Artemisia vulgaris, Leucanthemum vulgare, Tanacetum vulgare

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.
 

External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
UKMoths

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