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 malella (Stainton, 1854)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula malella Stainton, 1854. Ins. Brit. Lep. Tin. Pteroph.: 204.
Stigmella malella
(Stainton, 1854).


Leaf-mine: The gallery is sinuous, widening later, with linear frass (British leafminers).

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

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Rosaceae      
Malus     British leafminers
Malus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae      
Malus sylvestris Crab Apple Nederlandse bladmineerders
Prunus     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 Dunbarton, East Kent, Isle of Wight, North Hants, North Somerset, South Hants, Stirling, Warwick and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, NE and SNH). 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, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central and East, Slovakia, Slovenia, ? Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids:

Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae
Closterocerus trifasciatus Westwood, 1833 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285158]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin