Hinatara excisa (Konow, 1885)
on Acer
gall
Large, full depth blotch in a leaf segment. The mine begins at the very tip. Pupation external. Mines in the very tender leaves of early spring.
hostplants
Sapindaceae, narrowly monophagous
Acer monspessulanum, pseudoplatanus.
A. monspessulanum is the primary hostplant; never on A. campestre Liston (2007b).
phenology
Larvae in early spring.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Boevé ao, 2009a)
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
Belgium, Southern Germany, Czechia, Switzerland, Austria.
larva
Liston (2007b) gives a picture.
notes
Mines only in plants growing in deep shade, on north slopes and in ravines (Liston, 2007b).
references
Altenhofer (2003a), Altenhofer & Pschorn-Walcher (1998a), Beneš & Holuša (2015a), Blank ao (1998a), Boevé, Peter, Jacobs, ao (2009a), Koch (1993a), Liston (1995b, 2007b), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a), Pschorn-Walcher & Taeger (1995), Taeger, Blank & Liston (2006a), Taeger ao (1998a).