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 sericopeza (Zeller, 1839)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Lyonetia sericopeza Zeller, 1839. Isis: 215.
Ectoedemia sericopeza
(Zeller, 1839).


Leaf-mine: In wing of samara, mines into the seed with a short gallery (British leafminers).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Aceraceae      
Acer platanoides Norway Maple British leafminers

Hosts elsewhere:

Aceraceae      
Acer     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Acer platanoides Norway Maple Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: June, September - May (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including North Hants, South Hants and South Lancaster (NBN Gateway distribution map - JNCC and SHWRG). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widely distributed in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, and Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285291]
UKMoths

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Last updated 25-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin