Cryptaciura rotundiventris (Fallén, 1814)

mine

A large blotch, yellow or brown, preceded by a short, in the end mostly unrecognisable corridor. Generally several larvae in the mine. Especially in fresh mines the green primary and feeding lines area well marked. Pupation outside the mine. Mines or puparia cannot be distinguished from those of the very common Euleia heraclei (Hering, 1957a).

host plants

Apiaceae, oligophagous

Aegopodium podagraria; Angelica sylvestris; Heracleum sphondylium.

Rarely also Laserpitium; Pimpinella (Hering, 1957a).

phenology

Larvae in June and October-November (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE recorded Baugnée ,2009a).

NE recorded (de Meijere, 1939a); rare: Kabos & van Aartsen (1984a) mention but 4 localities.

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

distribution within Europe

From Scandinavia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Hungary, and from Ireland to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2007).

larva

Rear spiracula with 3 papillae; mandibles with 2 large teeth.

puparium

Yellow.

synonyms

Euleia rotundiventris.

references

van Aartsen & Smit (2002a), Baugnée (2006a, 2009a), Beiger (1979a), Hering (1957a), Kabos & van Aartsen (1984a), Leclercq & De Bruyn (1991a), Lutovinovas (2014a), de Meijere (1939), Merz & Kofler (2008a), Michalska (1970a), Robbins (1991a), Smit (2010a), Smit & Belgers (2011a), White (1988a).