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Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hübner, 1813) [Lepidoptera: Lyonetiidae] Tinea spartifoliella Hübner, 1813. Europ. Schmett. Tinea: 49. Leucoptera spartifoliella (Hübner, 1813); Hübner, 1825. Verz. bekannt. Schmett.: 426.

Leaf-mine: A gallery in the bark of the food plant generally mining upwards, similar to that of Trifurcula immundella, which usually mines downwards (British leafminers). The mines are very hard to detect, but in late spring, the small white pupal cocoons are easy to spot among the dark stems (UKMoths). Larva: The larva is illustrated in British leafminers. Pupa: In a white silken cocoon attached to a stem (British leafminers). The cocoon is also illustrated in UKMoths. Hosts in Britain: Fabaceae       Cytisus     British leafminers Cytisus scoparius Broom UKMoths Genista tinctoria Dyer's Greenweed British leafminers Hosts elsewhere: Unknown. Time of year - mines: September-May (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: The adults fly during June and July (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Widespread and common throughout the whole of Britain (UKMoths) including East Kent, East Perth, East Ross, Easterness, Elgin, Fife, Kincardine, Lanark, Mid Perth, North Aberdeen, South Aberdeen, South Lancaster, West Gloucester, West Suffolk (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, HBRG, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also local in Ireland (UKMoths; (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Northwest, Sicily, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands. Also recorded in the Nearctic region and Australian region (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Baryscapus spartifoliellae Graham, 1991 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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