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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Elachista bedellella (Sircom, 1848)
[Lepidoptera: Elachistidae]


Microsetia bedellella Sircom, 1848. Zoologist 6: 2037.
Elachista bedellella
(Sircom, 1848)


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Poaceae      
Helictotrichon pratense Meadow Oat-grass Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Poaceae      
Avena     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Festuca ovina Sheep's-fescue Nederlandse bladmineerders
Helictotrichon pratense Meadow Oat-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders
Phleum     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Poa trivialis Rough Meadow-grass Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: June-July (Bland, 1996a).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - East, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden and Switzerland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Belgian Lepidoptera
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Fauna Europaea [287794]
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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin