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 turbidella (Zeller, 1848)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula turbidella Zeller, 1848. Linn. Ent. 3: 321.
Nepticula populialbae
Hering, 1935. Z. Pflkrankh. PflPath. PflSchutz. 45: 7.
Ectoedemia turbidella
(Zeller, 1848).


Gall and Leaf-mine: A gall in petiole, later mine in leaf-blade, in 'green island' (British leafminers).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Salicaceae      
Populus x canescens   British leafminers
Populus x canescens   Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Salicaceae      
Populus alba White Poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus x canescens   Nederlandse bladmineerders

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

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Berks, Cambridge, Herts, Middlesex, South Essex, South-west York and West Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bulgaria, ? Crete, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Russia Central, Russia - Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, 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
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Last updated 27-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin