Paraswammerdamia nebulella [Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects

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

Paraswammerdamia nebulella (Goeze, 1783)
[Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae]

Hawthorn Ermel

Tinea nebulella Goeze, 1783
Erminea lutarea Haworth, 1828. Lep. Brit.: 515
Paraswammerdamia lutarea (Haworth, 1828)
Paraswammerdamia nebulella (Goeze, 1783).

Leaf-miner: Before overwintering larvae make a small, full depth blotch (Robbins, 1991a). After hibernation, they live freely under a silk. Larvae mine in late autumn (Agassiz, 1996a). Not rare, in Belgium (De Prins, 1998a) (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).

The larva overwinters when small (UKMoths).

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

The pupa is illustrated in UKMoths.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The species is included in mothdissection.co.uk.

Hosts in Great Britain and Ireland:

Rosaceae
Cotoneaster	horizontalis	Wall Cotoneaster	Pitkin & Plant, as P. lutarea
Crataegus			UKMoths, as P. lutarea
Crataegus			Pitkin & Plant, as P. lutarea
Rosa			Pitkin & Plant, as P. lutarea
Sorbus	aucuparia	Rowan	Pitkin & Plant, as P. lutarea
Sorbus	aucuparia	Rowan	UKMoths, as P. lutarea

Hosts elsewhere:

Rosaceae
Crataegus			Belgian Lepidoptera
Crataegus			Bladmineerders van Europa
Cotoneaster	horizontalis	Wall Cotoneaster	Bladmineerders van Europa
Crataegus			Bladmineerders van Europa
Sorbus	aucuparia	Rowan	Belgian Lepidoptera
Sorbus	aucuparia	Rowan	Bladmineerders van Europa

Time of year - larvae: Late autumn (Bladmineerders van Europa).

Time of year - adults: Flies at night during July and frequently taken at light (UKMoths).

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: Fairly common throughout Britain except the far north (UKMoths) including Anglesey, Bedfordshire, Breconshire, Buckinghamshire, Caernarvonshire, Cambridgeshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire, Cumberland, Denbighshire, Dorset, Dumfriesshire, East Cornwall, East Kent, East Norfolk, East Suffolk, Flintshire, Glamorgan, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Isle of Wight, Kincardineshire, Leicestershire, Merionethshire, Middlesex, Monmouthshire, Montgomeryshire, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Northumberland, North Somerset, Nottinghamshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Shropshire, South Aberdeenshire, South Somerset, South Northumberland, South-east Yorkshire, South-west Yorkshire, Stafford, Surrey, West Gloucestershire, West Kent, West Lancashire, West Norfolk, West Suffolk, Westmorland and Worcestershire (NBN Atlas), the Channel Is. (Fauna Europaea).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland (Fauna Europaea).

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Danish mainland, Estonia, Finland, French mainland, Greek mainland, Hungary, Italian mainland, Kaliningrad Region, Latvia, Luxembourg, Norwegian mainland, Poland, Portuguese mainland, Romania, Sardinia, Slovakia, Spanish mainland, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands and Ukraine (Fauna Europaea).

NBN Atlas links to known host species:

Cotoneaster horizontalis, Sorbus aucuparia

British and Irish Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Currently unknown.


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	Find using Google Find using Google Scholar Find images using Google


	Last updated 27-Jun-2019 Brian Pitkin