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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Heterarthrus aceris (Kaltenbach, 1856)
[Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae]


Phyllotoma aceris Kaltenbach, 1856
Phyllotoma fumipennis
Cameron, 1888
Heterarthrus aceris
(Kaltenbach, 1856)


Leaf mine: A large, upper surface marginal blotch, usually going brown and usually with an excised hole (as shown), which is characteristic of Heterarthrus species (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders

Larva: The larva is illustrated in British leafminers.

Pupa: Unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Aceraceae      
Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore British leafminers
Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Aceraceae      
Acer pseudoplatanus Sycamore Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Univoltine: early summer (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea). Widespread (British leafminers) including Berks, North-west York, South-east York, South-west York and Surrey (NBN Gateway distribution map - GiGl and NE).

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

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Corsica, Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Germany, Italian mainland, Poland, Sweden, ? Switzerland and ? Ukraine (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Fauna Europaea [166673]

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Last updated 01-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin