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 kuhlweiniella (Zeller, 1839)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Lithocolletis kuhlweiniella Zeller, 1839. Isis. Leipzig.: 217.
Tinea hortella
Fabricius, 1794.
Elachista saportella
Duponchel, 1840. Hist. Nat. Lép. 11: 539, t. 308 fig. 10.
Phyllonorycter kuhlweiniella
(Zeller, 1839).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Fagaceae      
Quercus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Fagaceae      
Quercus petraea Sessile Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders
Quercus robur Pedunculate Oak Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including East Norfolk (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Belarus, Belgium, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Macedonia, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central and South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, The Netherlands and Ukraine. Also recorded in Near East (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
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NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [286827]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin