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 trochilella (Duponchel, 1843)
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]


Ornix trochilella Duponchel, 1843. Hist. Nat. Lép. Fr. Suppl. 4 (Noct): 302.
Coleophora axana Hering, 1942. Mitt. Dtsch. ent. Ges. 11: 22, fig'd.
Coleophora trochilella (Duponchel, 1843).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae      
Artemisia absinthium Wormwood Emmet et al., 1996a
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Emmet et al., 1996a
Aster      
Aster millefolium    
Leucanthemum vulgare Oxeye Daisy Emmet et al., 1996a
Tanacetum vulgare Tansy Emmet et al., 1996a
? Hieracium     Emmet et al., 1996a

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae      
Artemisia vulgaris Mugwort Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Forfar, Kincardine, Kirkudbright, North Hants and South Essex (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE, NESBRC and SNH).

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

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

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 25-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin