Americina media (Becker, 1894)
on Convallaria, Maianthemum, Polygonatum
Polygonatum multiflorum, Hungary, Pest, Szada, 10.vi.2019 © László Érsek
underside of the mine, with empty egg shells
empty egg shells
larvae in the mine
larva, dorsal view
larva, ventraal
head, ventral
rear end, ventral
Polygonatum multiflorum, Ommen, het Laar
mine
Large blotch, with a group of some 5 larvae. At the start of the mine on the leaf underside a group of elliptic egg shells. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Asparagaceae, oligophagous
Convalliaria majalis; Maianthemum bifolium; Polygonatum multiflorum, odoratum, verticillatum.
phenology
Larvae from May to August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Ellis: Beusdal, Kelmis).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1939a).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, and from France to Poland and Hungary (Fauna Europaea, 2008); also Bulgaria (Tomov & Krusteva, 2007a).
eggs
larva
puparium
synonyms
Chylizosoma medium, Parallelomma media (see Sifner, 2008a).
references
Beiger (1958a, 1960a, 1970a), Buhr (1933a), Haase (1942a), Hackman (1957a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1921a, 1924b, 1957a), de Jong (1999a), Maček (1999a), de Meijere (1939a), Nelson (1990a), Nowakowski (1954a), Püchhel (1999a), Sifner (2008a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Spitzer (1972a), Starý (1930a), Tomov & Krusteva (2007a), Sifner (2008a).