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

 

Checklist of British mining Lepidoptera Pterophoridae
 
Taxon Lifestyle Images    
    Mine Larva Pupa
         
Oxyptilus pilosellae (Zeller, 1841) ? Leaf-miner Not illustrated Not illustrated Not illustrated
= Pterophorus pilosellae Zeller, 1841        
= Pterophorus bohemanni Wallengren, 1862        
Platyptilia gonodactyla (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Stem & flower feeder Not illustrated Not illustrated Not illustrated
= Alucita gonodactyla Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775
       
= Alucita diptera Sulzer, 1776.        
= Platyptilia farfara Gregson, 1885.        
=Alucita trigonodactyla Haworth, 1811.        
Stenoptilia millieridactyla (Bruand, 1861) Leaf-miner Not illustrated Not illustrated Not illustrated
= Pterophorus millieridactyla Bruand, 1861        
= Stenoptilia saxifragae Fletcher & Pierce, 1940        
Stenoptilia zophodactylus (Duponchel, 1840) Leaf-miner Illustrated Not illustrated Illustrated
= Pterophorus zophodactylus Duponchel, 1840        
= Pterophorus canalis Walker, 1864        
= Pterophorus loewii Zeller, 1847        
= Mimeseoptilus semicostata Zeller, 1873        


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