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 nebulella (Goeze, 1783)
[Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae]


Tinea nebulella Goeze, 1783.
Erminea lutarea
Haworth, 1828. Lep. Brit.: 515.
Paraswammerdamia lutarea (Haworth, 1828).
Paraswammerdamia nebulella
(Goeze, 1783).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: The larva overwinters when small (UKMoths).

Pupa: The pupa is illustrated in UKMoths.

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Crataegus     UKMoths, as P. lutarea
Crataegus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005, as P. lutarea
Cotoneaster horizontalis Wall Cotoneaster Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005, as P. lutarea
Rosa     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005, as P. lutarea
Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005, as P. lutarea
Sorbus aucuparia Rowan UKMoths, as P. lutarea

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Crataegus     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Cotoneaster horizontalis Wall Cotoneaster Nederlandse bladmineerders
Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Flies at night during July and frequently taken at light (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: Fairly common throughout Britain except the far north (UKMoths) including
Bedford, Denbigh, East Kent, Hereford, Hunts, North Essex, North Hants, North Lincoln, North Somerset, Salop, South Lincoln, South Somerset, South Wilts, South-west York, Stafford, Surrey, West Kent, West Lancaster, West Suffolk (NBN Gateway distribution map, as P. lutarea - BRERC, JNCC, NE and SER), the Channel Is. 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 Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway, as P. lutarea
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [287126]
UKMoths (as lutarea (Haworth, 1828))

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin