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 viminetorum (Stainton, 1854)
[Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae]


Lithocolletis viminetorum Stainton, 1854. Ins. Brit. 3: 272.
Phyllonorycter viminetorum
(Stainton, 1854).


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

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: The cremaster is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Hosts in Britain:

Salicaceae      
Salix viminalis Osier Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Salicaceae      
Salix viminalis Osier Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. including North Hants (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Last updated 31-Aug-2008  Brian Pitkin