Oryxolaemus croceifemoratus (Gyllenhal, 1839)

Anagyris foetida, Greece, Lesbos, Skála Eresóu

detail
mine
Primary full depth, whitish, blotch without a preceding corridor in the apical half of a leaflet; oviposition within the leaf tissue. All frass is deposited on floor and roof of an oval central section of the mine; this section puffs up and soon becomes a bean-shaped black cocoon. The larva rests in this cocoon during feeding pauses (Hering, 1924a), and finally pupates there. The adult beetles gnaw many tiny windows, often in the same leaves as where mines were made (Harpaz, 1956a).
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Anagyris foetida.
phenology
Larvae observed in April.
distribution within Europe
From southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, to Cyprus (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
synonyms
Apion, Kalcapion, croceifemoratum.
references
Colonnelli, Osella & Cornacchia (2011a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Ehret (1990a), Friedman & Freidberg (2007a), Giusto (1997a), Harpaz (1956a), Hering (1924a, 1957a).