Oxytripia orbiculosa (Esper, 1799)
mine
Small mine in the base of the leaf; later the leaf is bitten off. The older larves lives as a borer in the rhizome.
hostplants
Iridaceae, monophagous
Iris pseudacorus, pumila.
phenology
Mining larvae in May (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
distribution within Europe
Very disjunct distribution: Spain, East Russia, and the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europae, 2011).
synonyms
Oxytrypia orbiculosa.
references
Hering (1957a), Szőcs (1977a).