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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Heringocrania unimaculella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
[Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae]


Adela unimaculella Zetterstedt, 1839. Ins. Lapp.: 1008.
Heringocrania unimaculella
(Zetterstedt, 1839).
Eriocrania
unimaculella (Zetterstedt, 1839).


Leaf-mine: The mine starts at or near the leaf edge and widens to a blotch with frass in long threads (British leafminers).

Larva: The final instar larva has a dark brown head (British leafminers), the base of which shows as two dark spots (UKMoths).

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     British leafminers
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 sunshine during March and April (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: Well distributed and relatively common over much of Britain (UKMoths) including East Sutherland, North Somerset, South Aberdeen, Stafford, Surrey, West Kent and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map, as Eriocrania unimaculella - BRERC, HBRG, NE and NESBRC). 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, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - South, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway (as Eriocrania unimaculella)
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285089]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin