Hym:Tenthredinidae
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Parna apicalis (Brischke, 1888)
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a blotch mine at the leaf edge

 

Food Plant: Tilia cordata (Small-leaved lime), T. platophyllos, T.americana, T.europea, T.heterophylla, T.mexicana, T.mongolica, T.orbicularis, T.tormentosa

Mine: May

Notes: Formerly Parna reserii. Mine shown is on T.cordata. The larva is a pale brown, with pale brown head. 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.

Data: 19.v.2006, ex mine 15.v.2006,Langenlois - Krems, Austria, Ewald Altenhofer

Image:© Rob Edmunds

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