Clanoneurum cimiciforme (Haliday, 1855)

mine

Broad corridor, gradually widening into a blotch of variable depth. At the start of the mine a tough, strongly ribbed, egg shell. Frass irregularly scattered. Pupation generally within, rarely outside, the mine.

hostplants

Amaranthaceae, Caryophyllaceae, narrowly polyphagous

Atriplex; Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima; Salicornia europaea; Spergularia rubra; Suaeda.

phenology

Larvae from May-September (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Gosseries, 1991d).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From Poland to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Bulgaria (Fauna Europaea, 2007); Corsica (Burhr, 1941b).

larva, puparium

Described by de Meijere (1947a) and Hering (1962c); anterior spiraculum short, with 2 papillae.

references

Buhr (1941b), Gosseries (1991d), Hering (1957a, 1962c), Hollmann-Schirrmacher & Zatwarnicki (1999a), de Meijere (1947a).