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Ectoedemia heringi (Toll, 1934) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Nepticula heringi Toll, 1934. Ann. Mus. zool. polon.11: 1, fig'd. Nepticula quercifoliae Toll, 1936. Ann. Mus. zool. polon. 13: 71, fig'd. Nepticula sativella Klimesch, 1936. Stettin. ent. Ztg. 97: 208, fig'd. Nepticula zimmermanni Hering, 1942. Mitt. Dtsch. ent. Ges. 11: 26, fig'd. Ectoedemia heringi (Toll, 1934)

Leaf-mine: A gallery which leads to blotch (no slit in lower epidermis so the frass accumulates in the blotch) (British leafminers). Larva: Greenish or yellowish white, head and pronotal plate reddish-brown. The dark head distinguishes it from E. albifasciella, which has a pale brown head (British leafminers). Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Fagaceae       Quercus     British leafminers Quercus cerris Turkey Oak Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Fagaceae       Castanea sativa Horse chestnut Nederlandse bladmineerders Quercus petreae Sessile Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: October - November (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including East Kent, Hereford, Hunts, North Hants, South-west York, Surrey, West Kent and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL and NE). See also British leafminers distribution map. Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including ? Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Crete, Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Russia Central, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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