Millieria dolosalis (Heydenreich, 1851)

on dutchman’s pipe

Aristolochia pistolachia, host plant, with withered flowers, France, dép. Aveyron, Nant, 6.vii.2019 © Ruben Meert

young mine with larva

fully developed mine

larva

mine with cocoon

cocoon

pupa

mine

Large full depth blotch at the leaf margin. No initial corridor. Frass in grains, scattered through the mine. Larva solitary. Pupation in a discoidal cocoon within the mine. Prior to emergence the pupa works itself out of the mine (obs. Ruben Meert)

host plants

Aristolochiaceae, monophagous

Aristolochia clematitis, macrophylla, pistolochia.

phenology

Larvae in July and September (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europa, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Italy, and Greece, and from France to Central and South Russia (Fauna Europa, 2009).

synonyms

Millieria dolosana (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854).

references

Chrétien (1926a), Csóka (2003a), Drăghia (1971a), Hering (1957a), Kuznetsov (1990b), Lhomme (1934b), Parenti & Varalda (2000a), Skala (1951a,b), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sonderegger (2011a), Stolnicu (2007a, 2008a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Ureche (2010a), Utech (1962a).