Sphaeroderma testaceum (Fabricius, 1775)

on Carduus, Cirsium, Silybum

Holterberg forest track; heavily infested creeping thistle.

Cirsium vulgare, Vlaardingen

Cirsium arvense, Amstelveen

Cirsium arvense, Zeewolde

mine

Long corridor, often following the leaf margin, with little frass and with the sides irregularly eaten out. The first part of the corridor is full depth and makes a few close loops; the later part is more upper-surface and rather wide. Primary feeding lines often conspicuous.

host plants

Asteraceae,oligophagous

Carduus acanthoides, nutans, pycnocephalus; Cirsium acaulon, arvense, eriophorum, oleraceum, palustre, tuberosum, vulgare; Silybum.

phenology

Larvae live from August till June next year (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE observed (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

NE observed (Beenen & Winkelman, 1993a; Fauna Europaea, 2007).

LUX observed Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

All Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2007; Warchalowski, 2003a).

larva

references

Ahr (1966a), Baviera & Biondi (2015a), Beenen & Winkelman (1993), Beiger (1958a, 1970a), Buhr (1933a, 1964a), Bukejs (2009a), Cox (2007a), Doguet (1994a), Gavrilović & Ćurčić (2013a), Gök & Çilbiroğlu (2004a), Hering (1925a, 1930a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Maček (1999a), Michalska (1970a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ouda, Čížek & Boža (2013a), Petitpierre i Vall (1994a), Pozsgai (2005a), Rheinheimer & Hassler (2018a), Robbins (1991a), Rozner & Rozner (2014a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Starý (1930a), Steinhausen (1994a), Troukens (2012a), Verdyck & De Bruin (1991a), Warchalowski (2003a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a).