Cnephasia longana (Haworth, 1811)

long-winged shade

broadly polyphagous on herbs

mine

The young larva sometimes mines an irregular, small, full depth corridor, widening into a blotch, but it may just as well live among spun leaves. Older larvae mostly live among spun flowers.

host plants

Achillea millefolium; Aichryson dichotomum; Amsinckia menziesii; Anthemis cotula; Aposeris; Argyranthemum frutescens, pinnatifidum; Armeria maritima; Artemisia campestris; Aster; Bellis; Berberis pinnata; Bitumniaria bituminosa; Castilleja; Cerastium arvense; Cirsium; Cirsium; Centaurea; Collinsia multicolor; Convolvulus arvensis; Erigeron glabratus; Erodium cicutarium; Eschscholzia californica; Fagonia cretica; Fragaria ananassa; Hordeum vulgare; Hypericum; Hypochaeris radicata; Jacobaea vulgaris; Leucanthemum vulgare; Ligularia; Lupinus albifrons; Phacelia distans; Pilosella officinarum; Plantago lanceolata; Prunus armeniaca; Ranunculus bulbosus; Rumex acetosella; Scrophularia californica; Selinum carvifolia; Sempervivum tectorum; Silene; Sinapis; Stachys; Tanacetum vulgare; Tripolium pannonicum; Triticum aestivum; Vicia americana, faba; Zea mays.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia, Sicily, and Crete, and from Ireland to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Described by Mackay, Bradley, Tremewan & Smith, Swatschek; bodypale to darker greyish green with two subdorsal and lateral length lines; head and prothoracic plate light brown; pinacula small, lighter than the integument but the setae are black; anal plate and comb light brown, comb with 6-8 teeth.

parasitoids, predators

Stenomesius rufescens.

references

Askew (1968a), Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1973a), Gómez de Aizpúrua (2003a), Hancock & Bland (2015a), Hering (1927a.1957a), Klimesch (1987a), Kubasik (2011a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Latella, la Cava, Rijllo, ao (2025a), Lepiforum (2019), Mackay (1962a), Meijerman & Ulenberg (2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Réal (1954a), Robbins (1991a), Swatschek (1958a), Trematerra & Baldizzone (2004a), Wegner (2010a).