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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Stephensia brunnichella (Linnaeus, 1767)
[Lepidoptera: Elachistidae]


Phalaena brunnichella Linnaeus, 1767. Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1: 898.
Stephensia brunnichella
(Linnaeus, 1767).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Lamiaceae      
Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Lamiaceae      
Clinopodium vulgare Wild Basil Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including East Kent
North Hants and North Wilts (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC and NE).

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

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, European Turkey, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - North, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
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NBN Gateway

Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [287765]
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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin