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 wuestneii (Konow, 1905)
[Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae]


Phyllotoma wuestneii Konow, 1905
Phyllotoma aceris
McLachlan, 1867
Heterarthrus healyi
Altenhofer & Zombori, 1987
Heterarthrus wuestneii
(Konow, 1905)


Leaf mine: blotch like H.aceris, but smaller and usually including the tip of a lobe. There is always an excised hole and the mines go brown (British leafminers, as H. healyi). The mine is also illustrated in Nederlandse bladmineerders.

Larva: The larva is illustrated in (British leafminers, as H. healyi).

Pupa: Outside the mine, inside an excised cut out disc (British leafminers, as H. healyi).

Hosts in Britain:

Aceraceae      
Acer campestre Field Maple British leafminers, as H. healyi
Acer campestre Field Maple Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005, as H. healyi

Hosts elsewhere:

Aceraceae      
Acer campestre Field Maple Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Bivoltine: summer & autumn (British leafminers, as H. healyi).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: Uncommon (British leafminers, as H. healyi).

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Danish mainland, Germany, Switzerland and Ukraine (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

British leafminers (as H. healyi)
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [166685]

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Last updated 01-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin