HOME : Introduction : Methods : Miners : Parasitoids Host plants by Scientific name : Common name References : Web resources : Acknowledgements : Recent changes : Index : Search

Euspilapteryx auroguttella Stephens, 1835 [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Euspilapteryx auroguttella Stephens, 1835. Ill. Brit. Ent. Haust. 4: 363. Eucalybites auroguttella (Stephens, 1835).

Leaf-mine: Larva initially feeding in a gallery which turns to a blotch and finally one or more conical folds are made (UKMoths). Larva: Details unknown. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Betulaceae       Hypericum     British leafminers Hypericum     UKMoths Hypericum perforatum Perforate St John's-wort Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hypericum pulchrum Slender St John's-wort Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Betulaceae       Hypericum perforatum Perforate St John's-wort Nederlandse bladmineerders Hypericum pulchrum Slender St John's-wort Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: June; September-October (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: There are two generations, moths being on the wing in May and August. The flight time is evening onwards, and sometimes it can be attracted to light (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: A fairly common and well-distributed species throughout much of the British Isles (UKMoths) including Derby, East Gloucester, East Kent, East Perth, Hereford, Kincardine, Mid Perth, North Aberdeen, North Hants, Salop, South Aberdeen, Stafford, West Gloucester, West Lancaster, Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map, as Eucalybites auroguttella - BRERC, JNCC, NE, NESBRC and SNH) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). See also British leafminers distribution map (as Eucalybites auroguttella). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Balearic Is., Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central and Northwest, Sardinia, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in the Near East (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

External links:	Search the internet:
Belgian Lepidoptera British leafminers (as Eucalybites auroguttella) NBN Gateway (as Eucalybites auroguttella) Nederlandse bladmineerders Fauna Europaea [286984] UKMoths	Find using Google Find using Google Scholar Find images using Google

Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin