Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
common blue
mine
Young larvae of the common blue bite a hole in the lower epidermis and from there eat as much parenchymatous tissue as they can reach with their head and thorax (Emmet ao, 1996a).
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Lotus corniculatus, pedunculatus; Medicago; Ononis; Trifolium.
Lotus is the preferred host plant (Robbins, 1991a).
phenology
Larvae in the second half of April, sometimes a second generation in July (Bink, 1992a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Larvae green, squat, hairy (Carter & Hargreaves, 1987a).
references
Bink (1992a), Carter & Hargreaves, 1987a), Emmet ao (1996a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Robbins (1991a).