Heterarthrus vikbergi Liston, Mutanen & Viitasaari 2019

on Populus

mine

Irregular brown blotch mine, adjacent to the leaf margin. The solitary larva pupates in a circular cocoon (diameter 5-7 mm), that, under laboratory conditions, often dropped out ouf the leaf.

host plants

Salicaceae, monofaag

Populus balsaminfera.

distribution within Europe

Finland.

larva

The three sternites each with a brownish black spot; also the first two abdominal sternites with a vague spot.

references

Liston, Mutanen & Viitasaari (2019a).