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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Phyllonorycter insignitella (Zeller, 1846)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Lithocolletis insignitella Zeller, 1846. Linn. Ent. 1: 193, t. 1 fig. 13.
Phyllonorycter insignitella
(Zeller, 1846).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Fabaceae      
Ononis repens Common Restharrow Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Trifolium     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Fabaceae      
Lathyrus     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Medicago     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Ononis     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Trifolium pratense Red Clover Nederlandse bladmineerders
Vicia     Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including North Ebudes (NBN Gateway distribution map - SNH).

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

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Republic of Moldova, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland and Ukraine. Also recorded in East Palaearctic and Near East (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [286817]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin