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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Eriocrania semipurpurella (Stephens, 1835)
[Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae]


Lampronia semipurpurella Stephens, 1835. Ill. Brit. Ent. 4: 359.
Eriocrania semipurpurella
(Stephens, 1835).


Leaf-mine: The larva mines in a birch leaf, forming a large blotch (UKMoths) starting at or near the leaf edge and then widens into a blotch (British leafminers).

Larva: The larvae are white or yellowish (UKMoths) and is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Betula spp.   Nederlandse bladmineerders

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

Time of year - adults: The adults fly in March and April, especially in sunshine (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: The commonest and most widespread of the Eriocrania species that feed on birch, occurring throughout most of Britain (UKMoths) including Banff, Chester, East Kent, East Sutherland, Elgin, Fife, Kincardine, North Aberdeen, North Hants, South Aberdeen, South Lancaster, Surrey, Warwick, Westmorland and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL,HBRG, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG). See also British leafminers distribution map.

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

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

Parasitoids:

Cirrospilus lyncus Walker, 1841 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Closterocerus trifasciatus Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285100]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin