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 pygmaeana (Hübner, 1799)
[Lepidoptera: Tortricidae]


Tortrix pygmaeana Hübner, 1799. Europ Schmett. Tort.: 69.
Epinotia pygmaeana
(Hübner, 1799).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Pinaceae      
Abies     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Picea     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Pinaceae      
Picea     Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Banff, Dunbarton, North Aberdeen, North Somerset, Roxburgh, South Aberdeen and Stirling (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, JNCC and SNH).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids:

Trichogramma evanescens Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Trichogrammatidae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [292078]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin