Alucita hexadactyla Linnaeus, 1758
many-plume moth
on Lonicera
Lonicera periclymenum, Belgium, prov. Namur, Couvin © Stéphane Claerebout
emerging larva
larva
usually the larva is white
gall
The flower buds do not open and are somewhat malformed; de sexual organs inside are eaten by the larva. A single larva consumes the interior of several buds. The larva pupates in the ground.
host plants
Caprifoliaceae, monophagous
Lonicera caprifolium, periclymenum, xylosteum.
synonyms
Orneodes hexadactyla.
notes
Very rarely the species acts a leaf miner, making a full depth, somewhat inflated and pleated mine with scattered frass.
references
Adolph, Kortstock, Niehoff & Schweitzer (2019a), Buhr (1964a), Csóka (2003a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Fazekas (2010a), Hart (2011a), Houard (1909a), Kollár & Hrubík (2009a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Redfern & Shirly (2011), Robbins (1991a), Szőcs (1977a), Tomasi (2014a).