Xenostrongylus histrio Wollaston, 1854
on Diplotaxis
mine
Short gallery, continued in, and mostly overrun by, a later blotch of two square cm at most. The blotch is full-depth, except its centre, which is lower-surface and therefore remains green. Here the larva withdraws during feeding pauses. Pupation external.
host plants
Brassicaceae, monophagous
Diplotaxis catholica, erucoides.
phenology
Larvae from March on.
distribution within Europe
Madeira, Selvagens (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
references
Hering (1957a), de Peyerimhoff (2010a).