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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Fenusa dohrnii (Tischbein, 1846)
[Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae]


Kaliosysphinga dohrnii Tischbein, 1846
Fenusa dohrnii
(Tischbein, 1846)


Leaf mine: A large, brown upper surface blotch, initially between veins and running towards the margin (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: The larva is illustrated in British leafminers and Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Betulaceae      
Alnus     British leafminers
Alnus glutinosa Alder British leafminers
Alnus glutinosa Alder Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Alnus incana   Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Betulaceae      
Alnus cordata   Nederlandse bladmineerders
Alnus glutinosa Alder Nederlandse bladmineerders
Alnus incana Grey Alder Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Bivoltine - early summer onwards. Trivoltine in a good year (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Very common (British leafminers) including Cambridge, Edinburgh, Mid-west York, North-west York and Surrey (NBN Gateway distribution map - BRERC, NE and SNH).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Russia - Central, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine. Also recorded in the Nearctic region (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [166717]

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Last updated 01-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin