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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Paraswammerdamia albicapitella (Scharfenberg, 1805)
[Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae]


Tinea albicapitella (Scharfenberg, 1805). Vollst. Nat. schädl. Forstinsect. 3: 803.
Tinea spiniella
Hübner, 1807. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 32: 67.
Paraswammerdamia albicapitella
(Scharfenberg, 1805).


Leaf-mine: The short full depth corridor mine is made in the leaf in September and the larva then hibernates on the axil of the leaf, making a web and feeding the next spring (British leafminers). In the spring they feed on the leaves from within a silk web (UKMoths).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: On a twig in a cocoon (British leafminers).

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn British leafminers
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Prunus spinosa Blackthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: September - June (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: The adults can be found on the wing in July and are attracted to light (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: Throughout England, Wales and southern Scotland (UKMoths) including Dumfries, East Cornwall, East Kent, South Devon, South Wilts, Stafford, West Cornwall (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, JNCC, NE and SNH) the Channel Is. and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in Republic of Ireland (UKMoths; Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Greek mainland, Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [287120]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin