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 zelleriella (Snellen, 1875)
[Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae]


Nepticula zelleriella Snellen, 1875. Tijdscr. ent. 18: 113, pl. 7 figs. 1-4.
Nepticula lappovimella
Svensson, 1976. Ent. scand. 7 (3): 204, fig'd.
Stigmella zelleriella
(Snellen, 1875).


Leaf-mine: The mine is illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Salicaceae    
Salix repens Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Salicaceae    
Salix repens Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea) including East Kent (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: North-west Europe including Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Finland, Germany, Lithuania, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Russia - Central, North and Northwest, Sweden and The Netherlands (Karsholt & van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [285211]
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Last updated 10-Jun-2008  Brian Pitkin