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 rubivora (Wocke, 1860)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula rubivora Wocke, 1860. Jahrsb. Scless. Ges.: 132.
Ectoedemia rubivora
(Wocke, 1860).


Leaf-mine: A contorted gallery with dispersed frass, leading to a blotch (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: Larva greenish-white with green gut-line and brown head (British leafminers). The larva is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

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

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Rubus caesius Dewberry Nederlandse bladmineerders
Rubus fruticosus Bramble Nederlandse bladmineerders

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

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Bucks, Hunts and North Hants (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC and NE). 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, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, ? Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (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