Epermenia insecurella (Stainton, 1854)

mine

Small, full depth, irregular corridor mine. Older larvae live free on the plant.

hostplants

Santalaceae, monophagous

Thesium humifusum, linophyllon.

phenology

Larvae in April – June and (second generation) July (Godfray & Sterling, 1996a).

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

Almost all of western, central and southern Europe; not in Ireland and Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Yellow; head and anal shield shining black, prothoracic shield yellow with a darker outer margin (Hering, 1962a).

synonyms

Epermenia insecurellus.

references

Baldizzone (2004a), Budashkin & Gaedike (2005a), Gaedike (1966a, 1968a, 1972a), Godfray & Sterling (1996a), Hering (1957a, 1962a), Kasy (1965a), Schüttze (1931a), Szőcs (1977a).