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Stigmella anomalella (Goeze, 1783) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Phalaena anomalella Goeze, 1783. Ent. Beitr. 3: 4, 168, 290. ? Nepticula aeneella Heinemann, 1862. Stigmella caulescentella Klimesch, 1946. Z. wien. ent. Ges. 31: 162, fig'd. Nepticula zermattensis Weber, 1937. Mitt. Schweiz. ent. Ges. 16: 668, fig'd Stigmella anomalella (Goeze, 1783).

Leaf-mine: An early gallery filled with greenish frass, later leaving clear margins (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is bright yellow, head pale brown (British leafminers). The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Rosaceae       Rosa     British leafminers Rosa     UKMoths Rosa canina Dog-rose Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Rosaceae       Rosa     Nederlandse bladmineerders Sanguisorba     Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July, October - December (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Two generations, May and August (UKMoths). Distribution in Britain: A fairly common species throughout the British Isles (UKMoths) including Banff, Bedford, Cambridge, East Kent, East Perth, Easterness, Edinburgh, Elgin, Forfar, Hereford, Hunts, Kincardine, Middlesex, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Hants, North Somerset, North-west York, South Aberdeen, South Lancaster, South Wilts, South-east York, South-west York, West Gloucester, West Suffolk, Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, HBRG, LWIC, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG) and the Channel Is. (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 Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Republic of Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - East and Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also present in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin