Chirosia crassiseta Stein, 1908on Pteridium
mine
Mine in the lowest part of the petiole, not in the pinnulae-bearing part of the rachis. Often several larvae together. Mined leaves are stunted, often incompletely rolled out. Puparium in the mine or in the ground. See de Meijere (1911a) and Brown & McGavin (1982a) for details of the biology.
hostplants
Dennstaedtiaceae, monophagous
Pteridium aquilinum.
phenology
Mijnes in June-July (de Meijere, 1911a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
NE recorded (de Meijere, 1939a).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece, and from the UK to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2007).
larva
Larvae white, quite slender (de Meijere, 1911a). According to Hering (1957a) recognisable from the larva of Ch. albitarsis by having the upper rear arm of the cephalic skeleton undivided.
notes
It cannot be excluded that the description by de Meijere (1911a) refers in part to the closely related albitarsis.
references
Beuk, Prijs & de Jong (2002a), Brown & McGavin (1982a), Hering (1957a), de Meijere (1911a), Roskam (2009a), Spooner & Bowdrey (2012a).