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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Ectoedemia erythrogenella (Joannis, 1908)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula erythrogenella Joannis, 1908. Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 1907: 327.
Ectoedemia erythrogenella
(Joannis, 1908)


Leaf-mine: A gallery filled with frass, leading to blotch. The mined area is purple-stained (British leafminers).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Rubus fruticosus Bramble British leafminers
Rubus fruticosus Bramble Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Rubus     Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: October - December (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: A coastal species (British leafminers) including Hunts, Isle of Wight, South Hants and South Wilts (NBN Gateway distribution map - JNCC and NE). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widely distributed in Europe including Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Portuguese mainland, Sicily, Slovenia, Spanish mainland and Switzerland. Also recorded in North Africa (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
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Last updated 27-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin