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 scribaiella Zeller, 1850
[Lepidoptera: Cosmopterigidae]


Cosmopterix scribaiella Zeller, 1850. Stett. ent. Ztg. 11: 197.
Cosmopterix
hermsiella E. Hering, 1889. Stett. ent. Ztg.: 308-313.


Leaf-mine: The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Poaceae      
Phragmites australis
Common Reed Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Poaceae      
Phragmites     Belgian Lepidoptera
Phragmites australis Common Reed Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (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, Poland, Romania, Russia - South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Belgian Lepidoptera
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Last updated 21-Oct-2008  Brian Pitkin