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Exoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus, 1758) [Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae] Phalaena dodecella Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat. (ed. 10): 539. Exoteleia dodecella (Linnaeus, 1758).

Leaf-mine: The larva feeds inside the apical part of the needle in the autumn and ejects most of the frass from holes at either end of the mine. After hibernation it then feeds on spun needles and shoots (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Pinaceae       Larix europaeus   British leafminers Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine British leafminers Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Pinaceae       Larix europaeus   Nederlandse bladmineerders Pinus sylvestris Scots Pine Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: September - May (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: The flight period is from June to July, and the moth can be attracted to light, but can also be disturbed from the foodplant by beating (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Widely distributed throughout much of the British Isles, occurring in conifer plantations, (UKMoths), including Berks, Easterness, Forfar, Hereford, Hunts, Kincardine, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Hants, North Somerset, Oxford, Salop, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Lancaster, Surrey, Warwick, West Gloucester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, HBRG, JNCC, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - East, North, Northwest and South, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin