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 hybnerella (Hübner, 1813)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Tinea hybnerella Hübner, 1813. Samml. Europ. Schmett. Tin. 34: 236.
Stigmella hybnerella
(Hübner, 1813).


Leaf-mine: The frass linear in early gallery, widening to blotch with dispersed frass (British leafminers).

Larva: The larva is whitish (British leafminers).

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Crataegus     British leafminers
Crataegus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Crataegus     UKMoths

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Amelanchier     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Cotoneaster     Nederlandse bladmineerders
Crataegus laevigata Midland Hawthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders
Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders
Pyracantha coccinea Firethorn Hering, 1957a

Time of year - mines: End of May-June, August-September (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: April and May and July and August (UKMoths).

Distribution in Britain: Common throughout the British Isles (UKMoths) including Cambridge, East Kent, East Perth, East Sutherland, Forfar, Hunts, Kincardine, Lanark, Mid Perth, Middlesex, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Hants, South Aberdeen, South Essex, South Hants, South Lancaster, South Wilts, Stafford, Surrey, West Cornwall, West Kent, West Suffolk and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, HBRG, NE, NESBRC, SNH, SHWRG and SER). 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 Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Republic of Moldova, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Romania, Russia - Central and East, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in East Palaearctic and Near East (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids:

Derostenus gemmeus Westwood, 1840 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285200]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin