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Cosmopterix orichalcea Stainton, 1861 [Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae] Cosmopterix orichalcea Stainton, 1861. Cosmopteryx druryella Zeller, 1850, misidentification of Tinea drurella Fabricius, 1775

Leaf-mine: Details unknown. Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Poaceae       Anthoxanthum odoratum Sweet Vernal-grass Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Festuca arundinacea Tall Fescue Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hierochloe odorata Holy-grass Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Milium     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Phalaris arundinacea Reed Canary-grass Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Phragmites australis (as communis) Common Reed Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Unknown. Time of year - mines: Unknown. Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Cambridge, Hereford and North Hants (NBN Gateway distribution map - JNCC and NE). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia - East, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and ? Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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Last updated 25-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin