Trachystyphlus alpinus Penecke, 1894)
mine
Full depth blotch? Pupation in the soil.
host plants
Caryophyllaceae, oligophagous
Cerastium alpinum, latifolium; Silene vulgaris.
Silene seems second choice.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2013).
distribution within Europe
Alpine Chain, Tatra; high alpine.
synonyms
Trachysoma alpinum.
In the Tatra lives the subspecies T. a. beigerae (Smreczynski, 1975), that also is considered a distinct species; it lives on Cerastium latifolium.
references
Benedikt, Borovec, Fremuth ao (2010a), Dieckmann (1986a), Michalska Myssura & Walczak (2010a), Stejskal (2009a).