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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Scrobipalpa murinella (Duponchel, 1843)
[Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae]


Lita murinella Duponchel, 1843. Hist. nat. Lep. Pap. Fr. 4: 458, t. 85 fig. 7.
Scrobipalpa murinella
(Duponchel, 1843).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Asteraceae    
Antennaria dioica Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae    
Antennaria dioica Nederlandse bladmineerders
Gnaphalium   Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Clyde Isles, Main Argyll, Mid Ebudes, North Ebudes and South Aberdeen (NBN Gateway distribution map - HBRG, NESBRC and SNH).

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

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belarus, Finland, French mainland, ? Germany, ? Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Romania, Russia - North and South, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden and Switzerland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Fauna Europaea [290635]
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Last updated 10-Jun-2008  Brian Pitkin