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Ectoedemia minimella (Zetterstedt, 1839) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Trifurcula minimella Zetterstedt, 1839. Nepticula viridicola Weber, 1937. Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges. 17: 211. Nepticula woolhopiella Stainton, 1887. Ectoedemia minimella (Zetterstedt, 1839).

Leaf-mine: The mine begins as a contorted gallery, when the young larva can be seen to have dark plates on each segment. These plates are later lost and the gallery becomes a blotch with scattered frass (UKMoths). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Betulaceae       Betula     British leafminers Betula     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Betula     UKMoths Corylus avellana Hazel British leafminers Corylus avellana Hazel Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Corylus avellana Hazel UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Betulaceae       Betula     Nederlandse bladmineerders Corylus avellana Hazel Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July - September (British leafminers; UKMoths). Time of year - adults: There is one generation, with adults in May and June (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: A relatively local species occurring in the south and west of England and parts of Scotland (UKMoths) including Dunbarton, East Perth, East Ross, Easterness, Edinburgh, Lanark, Mid Perth, North Aberdeen, North Ebudes, North Hants, Peebles, Selkirk, South Aberdeen, South Hants, South Lancaster, South Wilts and Stirling (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG). See also British leafminers distribution map. It also occurs in south-west Ireland (UKMoths). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - North, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Also recorded in the East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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