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Stigmella magdalenae (Klimesch, 1950) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Nepticula magdalenae Klimesch, 1950. Ent. Nachr. Bl. öst. Schweiz. Ent. 2 :72. Stigmella magdalenae (Klimesch, 1950)

Leaf-mine: A long thin linear gallery with frass in a thin line, sometimes broken. This distinguishes it form S.nylandriella, which never has linear frass throughout the mine. The gallery of S.magadalenae is also narrower than S.nylandriella. S. magdalenae can both be an edge miner or make a small mine in the leaf blade, or run along a vein (British leafminers). Larva: The larva is green (British leafminers). Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Rosaceae       Sorbus aucuparia Rowan British leafminers Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Rosaceae       ? Amelanchier ovalis Snowy Mespilus Nederlandse bladmineerders Amelanchier spicata Low Juneberry Nederlandse bladmineerders Cotoneaster integerrimus   Nederlandse bladmineerders Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Nederlandse bladmineerders Sorbus aucuparia Rowan Nederlandse bladmineerders Sorbus torminalis Wild Service-tree Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July - August (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Widespread in England, Wales, Scotland and Northen Ireland. See also British leafminers distribution map. Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea; British leafminers distribution map). Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia Central, Russia Northwest, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Unknown.

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