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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Leucoptera sinuella (Reutti, 1853)
[Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae]


Cemiostoma sinuella Reutti, 1853. Beitr. Rheim. Naturg. Freiberg a b 3: 208.
Leucoptera sinuella
(Reutti, 1853)


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Salicaceae      
Populus tremula Aspen Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Salicaceae      
Populus gileadensis   Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus tremula Aspen Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus x canescens Grey Poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders
Salix aurita Eared Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders
Salix caprea Goat Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders
Salix cinerea Grey Willow Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including East Ross, Easterness and Elgin (NBN Gateway distribution map - SNH).

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

Parasitoids:

Closterocerus trifasciatus Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [287399]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin