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).