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 nigrescentella (Logan, 1851)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Lithocolletis nigrescentella Logan, 1851. Trans ent. Soc. Lond. (2) 1: 182, t. 15 fig. 9.
Phyllonorycter nigrescentella
(Logan, 1851).


Leaf-mine: The mine is underside, occupying the whole leaflet, which turns down at edges (British leafminers).

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Fabaceae      
Lathyrus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Medicago     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Trifolium     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Vicia sepium Bush Vetch British leafminers
Vicia sepium Bush Vetch Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Fabaceae      
Trifolium     Nederlandse bladmineerders

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

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. including East Sussex, South Devon (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, JNCC, NE,) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). It occurs on woodland rides and the bottom of hedges (British leafminers). 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, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia Central, East, Northwest and South, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland 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 [286850]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin