Parafomoria halimivora van Nieukerken, 1985

on Cistus

mine

Oviposition at the leaf upperside. Very narrow tortuous corridor, the first section even hardly visible; frass in a thick central line, almost filling the width of the gallery. Pupation outside the mine, exit slit in upper epidermis.

host plants

Cistaceae, monophagous

Cistus atriplicifolius, halimifolius, lasianthus subsp. alyssoides, ocymoides.

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Iberian Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

references

Laštůvka & Laštůvka (2005b, 2009b), van Nieukerken (1985b, 1986a), van Nieukerken, Laštůvka & Laštuvka (2004a, 2006a).