Parna apicalis (Klug, 1816)
[Hymenoptera: Tenthredinidae]


Parna kamijoi auct. [Unavailable].

Parna aff. tenella (Klug, 1816). [Unavailable].

Blennocampa apicalis Brischke, 1888.

Parna apicalis (Brischke, 1888).

Scolioneura apicalis (Brischke, 1888).

Scolioneura tenella var. apicalis (Brischke, 1888).

Parna kamijoi Togashi, 1980. [Unavailable].

Parna reseri Liston, 1993.



Leaf mine:
A flat blotch at the leaf margin. The leaf is not rolled inwards over the mine. Rarely more than one mine per leaf. Mines mainly in the canopy. Frass grains elliptic, abbout 0.5 mm long (Bladmineerders van Europa).

The mine is also illustrated in British leafminers.

Larva: The larva is a pale brown, with pale brown head (British leafminers).

Pupa: Details unkinown.

Adult: Details unkinown.

Hosts in Britain:

Tiliaceae      
Tilia     British leafminers

Hosts elsewhere:

Tiliaceae      
Tilia americana   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia cordata   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia x euchlora   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia x moltkei   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia mongolica   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia petiolaris   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia platyphyllos   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia tomentosa   Bladmineerders van Europa
Tilia x vulgaris   Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: May

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Comments: Full synonymy and references are listed in ECatSym - Electronic World Catalog of Symphyta.

Distribution in Great Britain & Ireland: Discovered in the UK in June 2007 by Keith Palmer. More mines were then confirmed in Cheshire by Steve Hind. By 2009 it was found to have a wide distribution in the UK.

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Distribution elsewhere: Unknown.

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Tilia americana, Tilia cordata, Tilia platyphyllos

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
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