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Stigmella perpygmaeella (Doubleday, 1959) [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] Nepticula perpygmaeella Doubleday, 1959. Tinea pygmaeella Haworth, 1828. Stigmella perpygmaeella (Doubleday, 1959).

Leaf-mine: The first half of the mine is filled with brown frass and the early gallery is broad. The frass is later coiled and the larva is yellow. S. crataegella has a thinner initial gallery. Mines starting in the petiole are harder to name without seeing the larva (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders. Larva: Yellow (British leafminers). Pupa: Details unknown. Hosts in Britain: Rosaceae       Crataegus     British leafminers Crataegus     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005 Hosts elsewhere: Rosaceae       Crataegus laevigata Midland Hawthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders Crataegus monogyna Hawthorn Nederlandse bladmineerders Time of year - mines: July, October (British leafminers). Time of year - adults: Unknown. Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including Banff, Cambridge, Cheviotland, East Kent, Hunts, Lanark, Middlesex, North Aberdeen, North Hants, South Northumberland, South Aberdeen, South Essex, South Lancaster, West Kent, West Suffolk and Worcester (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, GiGL, JNCC, NE, NESBRC, SNH and SHWRG). 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, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Russia - Central, Sardinia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Ukraine and Yugoslavia (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea). Parasitoids: Cirrospilus vittatus Walker, 1838 Hymenoptera: Eulophidae

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