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Parornix betulae (Stainton, 1854) [Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae] Ornix betulae Stainton, 1854. Ins. Brit. 3: 205. Parornix betulae (Stainton, 1854).

Leaf-mine: A small Phyllonorycter-like mine initially, but with brown rather than green lower epidermis. Later in one or more successive cones formed by folding downwards the edge or tip of a leaf (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: In folded leaf-edge (British leafminers). Hosts in Britain: Betulaceae       Betula     British leafminers Betula     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Betula     UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Betulaceae       Betula     Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: June, September-October (British leafminers) and are commonest on birch seedlings (UKMoths). Time of year - adults: The adults fly in May and August (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: Common throughout the British Isles, in heaths and open woodland (UKMoths) including Banff, Denbigh, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Perth, Elgin, Hereford, Hunts, Mid Perth, North Essex, North Hants, North Somerset, Salop, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Lancaster, South Wilts, South-west York, Surrey, Warwick, West Gloucester, West Kent, West Perth and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, DBRC, NE, NESBRC, SNH, SHWRG) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). See also British leafminers distribution map. Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, North, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine, Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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