Rubus spec., Belgium, prov. Limbourg, Lanaken, de Hoefaert © Carina Van Steenwinkel

larva in the mine

Rubus fruticosus, Dronten, Roggebotbos © Hans Jonkman

Rubus fruticosus, Duin en Kruidberg

Rubus fruticosus, Arnhem, Sonsbeek

mine

No visible egg; it is deposited below the upper epidermis, generally close to a major vein. From there begins a short, quickly widening corridor that contains much frass, especially in its first part. The corridor opens into a large, very transparant, almost full depth blotch that often overruns the initial corridor. Frass in loose grains, larger as the larva increases in size. The frass is dry, and in old mines it may accumulate like pepper grains in the lowest part. Larva solitary, belly-up in the mine; firsst abdominal segment ventrally with a brown or black spot, like also in thorax 2 and 3. Prepupa totally white.

host plants

Rosaceae, monophagous

Rubus caesius, fruticosus, idaeus, leptadenes, odoratus, phoenicolasius, radula, rhombifolius, sanctus, saxatilis, spectabilis, vulgaris.

phenology

Mines in June-July and September (van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks, 1972c).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2008).

NE recorded (van Ooststroom, 1976a); in most years a common species.

LUX recorded (Chevin, Ellis & Schneider, 2011a).

distribution within Europe

From Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees, Italy and Roumania, and from Ireland to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2008). Also Greece (Standfuss ao).

larva

synonyms

Entodecta pumila.

notes

The raspberry leaf-mining sawfly may also appear in greenhouse crops of blackberries and raspberries, and then cause considerable damage (Burger ao, 1985a).

references

Altenhofer (2003a), Altenhofer, Hellrigl & Mörl (2001a), Amsel & Hering (1931a), Beiger (1979a), Beneš & Holuša (2015a), Blank ao (1998a), Buhr (1930a, 1941a, 1964a), Burger ao (1985a), Chevin, Ellis & Schneider (2011a), Csóka (2003a), Drăghia (1967a, 1968a, 1972a), van Frankenhuyzen & Freriks (1972c), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Haarder & Liston (2018a), Haase (1942a), Haris (2009a), Hartig (1939a), Hering (1957a), Hoop (1983a), Huber (1969a), Kvičala (1938a), Lorenz & Kraus (1957a), Liston (1995b), Maček (1999a, 2012c), Matošević, Pernek, Dubravac & Barić (2009a), Michalska (1972a), Nowakowski (1954a), van Ooststroom (1976a), Perović, Merdić & Perović (2006a), Pieronek (1962a), Pschorn-Walcher & Altenhofer (2000a, 2006a), Robbins (1991a), Romeijn (1993a), Scobiola-Palade (1974a), Skala (1941a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Stammer (2016a), Standfuss, Liston, Standfuss & Jansen (2010a), Starý (1930a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Szőcs, Melika, Thuróczy & Csóka (2014a), Taeger, Blank & Liston (2006a), Taeger ao (1998a), Tiberghien (2007a), Ureche (2010a), Viramo (1969a), Wahlgren (1944a, 1951a, 1963a), Zoerner (1969a, 1970a), Zombori (1976a).