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 junoniella (Zeller, 1846)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Lithocolletis junoniella Zeller, 1846. Linn. Ent. 1: 215, t. 1 fig. 20.
Phyllonorycter junoniella
(Zeller, 1846).


Leaf-mine: The mine on the underside can cause the whole leaf to arch (British leafminers). Mines are most often found on plants low down amongst the heather (UKMoths).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Ericaceae      
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry British leafminers
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Ericaceae      
Vaccinium vitis-idaea Cowberry Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: July, October-April (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Mainly on the wing in June and July, although in some areas it can be double-brooded, appearing again later in the autumn (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: A species of higher ground, particularly moorland, distributed in Wales and from the Midlands northwards to much of Scotland (UKMoths) including Banff, East Perth, Easterness, Elgin, Forfar, Mid Perth, South Aberdeen and Stafford (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, NE, NESBRC and SHWRG). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, East, North, Northwest and South, Slovakia, 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
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [286823]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin