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 consortella Stainton, 1851
[Lepidoptera: Elachistidae]


Elachista consortella Stainton, 1851. Suppl. Cat. Brit. Tin.: 9.
Cosmiotes
consortella (Stainton, 1851).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Poaceae      
Poa annua Annual Meadow-grass Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 (as Cosmiotes)

Hosts elsewhere:

Poaceae      
Cynodon dactylon Bermuda grass Nederlandse bladmineerders

Poa

annua Annual Meadow-grass 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 Devon and South Devon (NBN Gateway distribution map, as Cosmiotes consortella - JNCC and NE).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway (as Cosmiotes consortella)
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [287944]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin