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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Stigmella centifoliella (Zeller, 1848)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula centifoliella Zeller, 1848. Linn. Ent. 3: 315.
Stigmella centifoliella
(Zeller, 1848).


Leaf-mine: A short gallery with linear frass (British leafminers).

Larva: The larva is yellow, head brown (British leafminers).

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Rosa     British leafminers
Rosa canina Dog-rose Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Rosa     Nederlandse bladmineerders

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

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Bucks, Hunts, Middlesex, North Essex, North Hants, Salop, South Hants, South Wilts, Stafford, West Kent, West Suffolk and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, JNCC, NE and SER). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canary Is., Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids:

Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway

Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285170]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin