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Ectoedemia albifasciella (Heinemann, 1871) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Nepticula albifasciella Heinemann, 1871. Berl. ent. Z.: 222. Ectoedemia albifasciella (Heinemann, 1871).

Leaf-mine: The mine begins with a narrow gallery following the midrib or a vein, and then becoming a rectangular blotch with frass gathered towards one end (UKMoths). The mine is also illustrtaed in Belgian Lepidoptera. Larva: White with green gut-line, head pale brown (British leafminers). The larva is also illustrated in Nederlandse baldmineerders. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Fagaceae       Quercus     British leafminers Quercus cerris Turkey Oak Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Quercus petraea Sessile Oak Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Quercus rubra Red Oak Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Fagaceae       Castanea sativa Horse chestnut Nederlandse bladmineerders Quercus     Belgian Lepidoptera Quercus petraea Sessile Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders Quercus rubra Red Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: August - October (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: The adult moths are on the wing in June (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Distributed throughout England and Wales and into the southern half of Scotland, it is more localised in the north, but can be common elsewhere (UKMoths) including East Kent, East Perth, East Sutherland, Elgin, Hereford, Hunts, Kincardine, Lanark, Main Argyll, Middlesex, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Hants, South Aberdeen, South Lancaster, South Wilts, South-west York, Stafford, Stirling, West Lancaster, West Perth, West Suffolk and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, HBRG, NE, NESBR, SNH and SHWRG). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, ? Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, ? Macedonia, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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Last updated 21-Oct-2008  Brian Pitkin