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


Tenthredo tenella Klug, 1816
Parna tenella
(Klug, 1816)


Leaf mine: Large blotch mines, which cause the leaves to curl over. The rolls brown as the mine ages (British leafminers).

Larva: The larva is illustrated in British leafminers

Pupa: Details unknown.

Hosts in Britain:

Tiliaceae      
Tilia cordata Small-leaved Lime British leafminers
Tilia cordata Small-leaved Lime Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005
Tilia platyphyllos Large-leaved Lime Plant, in Pitkin & Plant, 2005

Hosts elsewhere:

Tiliaceae      
Tilia cordata Small-leaved Lime Nederlandse bladmineerders
Tilia platyphyllos Large-leaved Lime Nederlandse bladmineerders

Time of year - mines: Summer (British leafminers).

Time of year - adults: Unknown.

Distribution in Britain: A local and scarce miner (British leafminers). Northhampton and Surrey (NBN Gateway distribution map - NE).

Distribution elsewhere: Europe including Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Switzerland and The Netherlands (van Achterberg in Fauna Europaea).

Parasitoids: Unknown.



External links: Search the internet:

British leafminers
NBN Gateway
Nederlandse bladmineerders
Fauna Europaea [166657]

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Last updated 01-Sep-2008  Brian Pitkin