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 muelleriella (Zeller, 1839)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Lithocolletis muelleriella Zeller, 1839. Isis: 217.
Elachista amyotella
Duponchel, 1840. Hist. Nat. Lép. 11: 544.
Phyllonorycter muelleriella
(Zeller, 1839).


Leaf-mine: The leaf-mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: The cremaster is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

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 Hereford, Salop, Warwick, West Gloucester, Westmorland and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, JNCC and NE).

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

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Belgian Lepidoptera
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Fauna Europaea [286844]
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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin