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).