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 milvipennis Zeller, 1839
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]


Coleophora milvipennis Zeller, 1839. Isis: 208.


Leaf-mine: Larva mining leaves, the blotches brownish. The final case is 8-11mm long, slender, and fixed at 45° to leaf surface, with anal end laterally compressed. The case has a serrated keel due to formation from the edge of a leaf (British leafminers).

Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     British leafminers
Betula     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Carpinus betulus Hornbeam Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Beltulaceae      
Betula     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Carpinus betulus Hornbeam Nederlandse bladmineerders
Myricaceae      
Myrica gale Bog-myrtle Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: August to September, with some larvae developing more slowly, and feeding again in April and May (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including East Kent, East Perth, East Ross, Hereford, Isle of Wight, North Essex, North Hants, South Hants, South Wilts, South-west York, Surrey, West Gloucester, West Perth and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, NE and SNH).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

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

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

British leafminers
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Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea
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Last updated 25-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin