Cytisus scoparius, Belgium, prov. Antwerp, Mol © Carina Van Steenwinkel

Cytisus scoparius, Bergen NH

mine

Hooklike, upper-surface corridor. The corridor begins near the base of a leaflet, runs along the margin to the tip, then, quickly widening, redescends over the midrib towards the base of the leaflet. Frass in the corridor part in fine grains, further up in smal clumps. Pupation outside the mine. Older mines turn black, and then are somewhat easier to find.

hostplants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Cytisus hirsutus, scoparius; Genista; Spartium junceum; Ulex europaeus.

Occasionally on Lupinus.

phenology

Larvae between April and September (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Ellis: La Calamine).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1924a).

LUX recorded (Ellis: Kautenbach).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from the British Isles to the Baltic States and Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2007); Bulgaria (Buhr, 1941b), Slovenia (Maček, 1999a).

larve

notes

De Meijere described the species from the Dutch localities Bussum and Hilversum; moreover he used mine material on Cytisus from Zeist, Vollenhove and Winterswijk. Johanna was his wife.

references

Allen (1958a), Beiger (1965a, 1979a), Beuk (2002a), Buhr (1932a, 1941b), Černý (2001am 2009a), Černý, Barták & Roháček (2004a), Dempewolf (2001a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Gil Ortiz (2009a), Griffiths (1956a,b), Hering (1955b, 1957a), Kabos (1971a), Maček (1999a), Martinez (1984a), de Meijere (1924a, 1925a, 1939a), Nowakowski(1954a), Pakalniškis (2000a), Papp & Černý (2015a), Robbins (1991a), Sønderup (1949a), Spencer (1953a, 1957f, 1966b, 1972a,b, 1976a, 1990a), Starke (1942a), von Tschirnhaus (1999a).