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 ochropoda (Klug, 1818)
[Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae]


Tenthredo ochropoda Klug, 1818
Heterarthrus ochropoda
(Klug, 1818)


Leaf mine: Makes large reddish-brown mines, which can occupy the leaf. Frass is ejected from the mine by the larva (British leafminers). The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: The larva is illustrated in British leafminers.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Salicaceae      
Populus tremula Aspen British leafminers
Populus tremula Aspen Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Salicaceae      
Populus alba White Poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus canescens   Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus deltoides Necklace Poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus nigra Black-poplar Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus tremula Aspen Nederlandse bladmineerders
Populus x euramericana   Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: May-July (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: British Is. (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Germany, Hungary, Italian mainland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Romania, Russia Central, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



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Fauna Europaea [166681]

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Last updated 01-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin