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 spinosella (Joannis, 1908)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]



Nepticula spinosella
Joannis, 1908. Bull Soc. ent. Fr. 1907: 328.
Ectoedemia spinosella
(Joannis, 1908).


Leaf-mine: The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Prunus cerasifera Cherry Plum Nederlandse bladmineerders
Prunus domestica Wild Plum Nederlandse bladmineerders
Prunus dulcis Almond Nederlandse bladmineerders
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including North Essex, South Essex, Surrey and West Lancaster (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, JNCC and NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine. Also recorded in the East Palaearctic and Near East (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids:

Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin