The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects
 

(Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera)

by Brian Pitkin, Willem Ellis, Colin Plant and Rob Edmunds

 

Coleophora linosyridella Fuchs, 1880
[Lepidoptera: Coleophoridae]

Estuarine Case-bearer


Coleophora linosyridella Fuchs, 1880. Stett. ent. Ztg. 41: 113.


Leaf-miner and case-bearer: Tubular silken case, up to 8 mm long. Behind the mouth the case is sharply bent; as a result the mouth angle is 0° and is the case aprressed to the substrate (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Larva: The larvae of moths have a head capsule and chewing mouthparts with opposable mandibles (see video of a gracillarid larva feeding), six thoracic legs and abdominal legs (see examples).

Pupa: The pupae of moths have visible head appendages, wings and legs which lie in sheaths (see examples).

Adult: The adult is not illustrated in UKMoths (check for update). The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Asteraceae        
Aster tripolium Sea Aster British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Pitkin & Plant

Hosts elsewhere:

Asteraceae        
Aster linosyris Goldilocks Aster British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa
Aster sedifolius Stonecrop Aster   Bladmineerders van Europa
Aster tripolium Sea Aster British Wild Flowers by John Somerville et al. Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Currently unknown.

Time of year - adults: Currently unknown.

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Britain (Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Croatia, Czech Republic, French mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Romania, Slovakia and Switzerland. Also recorded in East Palaearctic (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Aster linosyris, Aster sedifolius, Aster tripolium

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere:

Ichneumonoidea - Links to species no longer available  
Agathis fuscipennis (Zetterstedt, 1838) Braconidae: Agathidinae
Gelis agilis (Fabricius, 1775) Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae
Zoophthorus plumbeus (Thomson, 1884) Ichneumonidae: Cryptinae


External links: Search the internet:

Belgian Lepidoptera
Biodiversity Heritage Library
Bladmineerders van Europa
British leafminers
Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea
NBN Atlas
NHM UK Checklist
UKMoths

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