15.0201 Dialectica scalariella (Echium Leaf-miner)
ws: 9-11mm; Aug-Sep?; leaf mine in Echium spp; status uncertain; 2 British records
At the time of writing this species is listed in Appendix A (adventive species) of the RES checklist following the only previous British record (Kingsdown, Kent, September 2004). This specimen was obtained at a time of substantial migrant activity and Echium species grow freely on the Isles of Scilly - either way it seems to me that this species should be advanced to the main list. I have confirmed with David Agassiz that it will be.
In 2022 this species was raised from mines on Echium at Dungeness.
At the time of writing this species is listed in Appendix A (adventive species) of the RES checklist following the only previous British record (Kingsdown, Kent, September 2004). This specimen was obtained at a time of substantial migrant activity and Echium species grow freely on the Isles of Scilly - either way it seems to me that this species should be advanced to the main list. I have confirmed with David Agassiz that it will be.
In 2022 this species was raised from mines on Echium at Dungeness.
Dialectica scalariella §1 female
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Dissection
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
§1 St Marys, Isles of Scilly; 24/08/2019 (image 10/10/2019); female; to light (obtained by Mick Scott); 2nd BRITSH RECORD; specimen donated to Natural History Museum.
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 09/11/2019 (§1)
