Heterarthrus leucomela (Klug, 1818)

Acer pseudoplatanus, Denmark, September 4 © Simon Haarder

cocoon

prepupa, dissected out of the cocoon
mine
A large, upper-surface (often nearly full depth) blotch, without a hint of a preceding corridor, beginning in the tip of a leaf segment. Frass in loose grains. The larva makes a discoidal cocoon within the mine; the cocoon is not cut loose, but drops with the leaf to the ground. Like in all Heterarthrus species the larva has thoracic feet that are reduced to triangular stumps.
host plants
Sapindaceae, narrowly monophagous
Acer campestre, pseudoplatanus.
phenology
Larvae in August (ering, 1957a)
BENELUX
BE recorded (Boevé ao, 2009a).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Denmark and Germany to the Ukraine (Sønderup, 1949a; Fauna Europaea, 2008).
synonyms
Heterarthrus, Phyllotoma, aceris Kaltenbach, 1856; H. leucomelus.
references
Altenhofer (2003a), Altenhofer & Zombori (1987a), Blank ao (1998a), Boevé, Peter, Jacobs, ao (2009a), Buhr (1941a), Hering (1957a), Liston (1995b), Liston, Mutanen & Viitasaari (2019a), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Sønderup (1949a), Späth & Liston (2003a), Taeger, Blank & Liston (2006a), Taeger ao (1998a), Viramo (1969a), Zombori (1976a).