Ochromolopis ictella (Hübner, 1813)

mine

Short, full depth, irregularly linear mine. The larva may make several mines. The older larva lives free on the plant under some spinning.

host plants

Santalaceae, monophagous

Thesium linophyllon subsp. montanum, pyrenaicum.

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

From Finland to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy, and Greece, and from France to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Greenish; head pale brown, prothoracic and anal shield dark green (Hering, 1962a).synonyms

Epermenia ictella.

references

Baldizzone (2004a), Biesenbaum (1994a), Budashkin & Gaedike (2005a), Gaedike (1966a, 1968a, 1972a), Gaedike & Baldizzone (2008a), Hering (1962a), Thomann (1956a).