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 nicellii (Stainton, 1851)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Lithocolletis nicellii Stainton, 1851. Zoologist. App.: 172.
Phyllonorycter nicellii
(Stainton, 1851).


Leaf-mine: The mine is 15-20mm long with several creases in lower epidermis. It is lower side, strongly arched; a central green patch with brown flecks around edges (British leafminers).

Larva: The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: The pupa is illustrated in British leafminers.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Corylus     British leafminers
Corylus     UKMoths
Corylus avellana Hazel Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Corylus avellana Hazel Nederlandse bladmineerders

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

Time of year - adults: Two generations, flying in May and August (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: Found throughout Britain (UKMoths) including East Gloucester, East Kent, Hunts, Lanark, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Hants, Salop, South Aberdeen, South Devon, South Lancaster, Stafford, West Gloucester, Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, DBRC, GiGL, HBRG, JNCC, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). See also British leafminers distribution map.

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, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central and Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, 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 [286849]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin