.

HOME : Introduction : Methods : Miners : Parasitoids Host plants by Scientific name : Host plants by Common name References : Web resources : Acknowledgements : Recent changes : Index : Search

Stigmella lapponica (Wocke, 1862) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]. Nepticula lapponica Wocke, 1862. Stett. ent. Ztg.: 251. Stigmella lapponica (Wocke, 1862).

Leaf-mine: The mine is long, filled with green frass to ¼, then linear (British leafminers). Oviposition generally at the underside of the leaf. The mine is a slender corridor that hardly widens, even towards the end. The first third is stuffed with diffuse greenish brown frass. After a moult the frass pattern changes completely, into a very narrow, continuous black line. The mine often follows a thick vein over a long distance, but the larva is capable of crossing thick veins, even the midrib (Bladmineerders van Europa). Mine of Stigmella lapponica on Betula pubescens Image: Willem Ellis (Bladmineerders van Europa) Larva: The larva is a greenish white, head brown (British leafminers). Pale yellowish green, head dark; the larva lies venter-downwards in the mine. See Gustafsson & van Nieukerken (1990a) for a detailed description (Bladmineerders van Europa). Pupa: Details unknown. Adult: Not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update). Hosts in Britain: Betulaceae       Betula     British leafminers Betula     Pitkin & Plant Betula     UKMoths Hosts elsewhere: Betulaceae       Betula humilis   Bladmineerders van Europa Betula nana   Bladmineerders van Europa Betula pendula Silver Birch Bladmineerders van Europa Betula pubescens Downy Birch Bladmineerders van Europa Betula pubescens subsp. carpatica   Bladmineerders van Europa Time of year - larvae: Mid June - early July (British leafminers; UKMoths). Time of year - adults: Single-generation on the wing in May (UKMoths). Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Fairly common throughout the British Isles (UKMoths) including East Kent, East Ross, Easterness, Edinburgh, Fife, Forfar, Hereford, Hunts, Kincardine, Lanark, Mid Perth, Mid-west York, Middlesex, North Aberdeen, North Devon, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Hants, Orkney, Peebles, Selkirk, South Aberdeen, South Hants, South Lancaster, South Wilts, South-east York, South-west York, Stirling, West Gloucester, West Lancaster, West Perth, Westmorland and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, HBRG, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG). See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). NBN Grid map: Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, North and Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). NBN interactive distribution maps of known host species in Britain and elsewhere: Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae Closterocerus trifasciatus Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

External links:	Search the internet:
Belgian Lepidoptera British leafminers NBN Gateway Bladmineerders van Europa Fauna Europaea UKMoths	Find using Google Find using Google Scholar Find images using Google

Last updated 11-Jul-2010  Brian Pitkin