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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Cosmopterix schmidiella Frey, 1856
[Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae]


Cosmopterix schmidiella Frey, 1856. Tin. Schweiz.: 257.


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Fabaceae      
Vicia sepium Bush Vetch 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 Dorset (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Spanish mainland and Switzerland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin