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 sakhalinella Puplesis, 1984
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Stigmella sakhalinella Puplesis, 1984.
Stigmella discidia
Schoorl & Wilkinson, 1986.


Leaf-mine: The frass is brown and in arcs, with narrow clear margins (unlike S. continuella where the green frass completely fills the gallery) (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: The larva is yellow, brown head, and dark ventral spots (British leafminers). The larva is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Betula     British leafminers
Betula     Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Betula pendula Silver Birch Nederlandse bladmineerders
Betula pubescens Downy Birch 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 North Somerset (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC). See also British leafminers distribution map.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Yugoslavia. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285148]
UKMoths

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Last updated 28-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin