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 hannoverella (Glitz, 1872)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula hannoverella Glitz, 1872. Stett. ent. Ztg.: 25.
Ectoedemia hannoverella
(Glitz, 1872).


Leaf-mine: The initial mine is in the leaf petiole and later the mines form green islands in the leaf (British leafminers).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Salicaceae      
Populus x canadensis Hybrid Black-poplar British leafminers

Hosts elsewhere:

Salicaceae      
Populus nigra Black-poplar British leafminers

Time of year - mines: September - November (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (British leafminers). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

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