Heterarthrus flavicollis (Gussakovskij, 1947)
on norway maple
Acer platanoides, Hungary, Budapest, Hűvösvölgy, 3.vi.2019 © László Érsek
the mine in detail
mine lighted from behind
frass granules in the opened mine
larva dorsal and ventral
larva, dorsal
head and thorax, dorsal
abdomen tip, dorsaal
head and thorax, ventral
thoracic feet
abdomen tip, ventral
detail
mine
Mine entirely like that of Heterarthrus cuneifrons: a large upper-surface (but virtually full depth) blotch, without a trace of an initial corridor, starting in the centre of the leaf. Full grown larval in a discoidal cocoon in the mine. In the end the cocoon drops out if the mine, taking a disk of upper epidermis with it.
host plants
Sapindaceae, narrowly oligophagous
Acer platanoides.
The only Heterarthrus on norway maple.
phenology
Fully developed mines in July.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2008).
distribution within Europe
Described from Georgia; within Europe known only from Sweden and Germany (Liston, 1995a); as demonstrated by the pictures also in Hungary.
synonyms
Phyllotoma aceris: Hering (1957a), Wahlgren, 1944a, 1951a.
references
Altenhofer & Zombori (1987a), Blank ao (1998a), Hering (1957a), Liston (1993a,d, 1995a), Liston, Mutanen & Viitasaari (2019a), Späth & Liston (2003a), Taeger, Blank & Liston (2006a), Taeger ao (1998a), Wahlgren (1944a, 1951a).