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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Epinotia nemorivaga (Tengström, 1848)
[Lepidoptera: Tortricidae]


Paedisca nemorivaga Tengström, 1848. Not. Sallsk. fauna. Fenn. 1: 88.
Epinotia rhododendrana
Herrich-Schäffer, 1851. Syst. Bearb. Schmett. Europ. 4: 281.
Epinotia nemorivaga
(Tengström, 1848).


Leaf-mine: Larva mines the leaves turning the upper part from red to black. In the spring the larva spins the leaves together and then mines the leaves- creating bladder mines (British leafminers).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Ericaceae      
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry British leafminers
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Ericaceae      
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi Bearberry Nederlandse bladmineerders

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

Time of year - adults: The adult moths are on the wing in June and July, and can be found flying on sunny afternoons (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: A species generally of high moorland and mountains, occurring in Scotland from Perth northwards (UKMoths) including Banff, Easterness, Kincardine, Mid Perth, South Aberdeen and West Cornwall (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, JNCC, NESBRC and SNH).

Also recorded in parts of Ireland, where it occurs at lower elevations (UKMoths).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - North and Northwest, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden and Switzerland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [292058]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin