“Hydrellia viridescens” Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830

mine

Alisma probably boring in stem en petiole, from there sometimes descending into the blade. In Potamogeton a broad, shallow gallery in the submerged leaves. Pupation internal.

hostplants

Alismataceae, Potamogetonaceae; narrowly polyphagous

Alisma plantago-aquatica; Potamogeton.

phenology

Larvae in May till July (Hering, 1957a).

notes

The status of this species, that is not mentioned in the Fauna Europaea (2009), is unclear.

references

Hering (1957a).

21/03/2011