Tussilago farfara, Belgium, prov. Namur, Dourbes, Montagne aux Buis © Carina Van Steenwinkel

mine

Upper-surface corridor, in the end strongly widened and blotchy; may occupy a large portion of smaller leaves. Mines may coalesce, and contain several larvae then. Primary and secondary feeding lines very conspicuous (picture). Pupation outside the mine.

host plants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Adenostyles alpina; Homogyne alpina, discolor; Petasites albus, hybridus, paradoxus, pyrenaicus, spurius; Tussilago farfara.

phenology

Larvae in August-October (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE observed (Baugnée, 2009a).

NE observed (de Meijere, 1939a).

LUX observed (Ellis).

distribution within Europe

Almost all of Europe, with exception of the Iberian Peninsula and Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

larva

synonyms

Euleia, Prionimera cognata.

notes

Atypical mines of this species have been observed on coltsfoot that remained corridors, perhaps in connection with being parasitised.

references

van Aartsen & Smit (2002a), Baugnée (2006a, 2009a), Beiger (1955a, 1970a, 1979a), Belcari (1991a), Buhr (1933a, 1941a, 1964a), Csóka (2003a), van Frankenhuyzen, Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Görmez & Kütük (2020a), Hering (1937b, 1957a, 1961a), Huber (1969a), Leclercq & De Bruyn (1991a), Lutovinovas (2014a), de Meijere (1939a), Merz & Kofler (2008a), Michalska (1970a, 1972a, 1976a), Niblett (1956a), Nowakowski (1954a), Ostrauskas, Pakalniškis & Taluntytė (2003a), Pakalniškis (1983a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1951a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Smit (2010a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Starý (1930a), Ureche (2010a), White (1988a), Zoerner (1969a)