Platyptilia isodactylus (Zeller, 1852)

hoary plume

on Jacobaea, Senecio

mine

After living free for a short while at the underside of the rosette leaves the larva becomes a stem borer. Several stems are dealt with successively, frass is ejected through the entrance opening. Bored stems often strongly curve, they are stunted and parts above the feeding often die off. Two generations, pupation usually in the gallery.

host plants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Jacobaea aquatica, vulgaris; Senecio nemorensis, sarracenicus.

Hart (2011a) mentions Jacobaea aquatica only.

phenology

Mining larvae in May – July (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

From Norway to Spain and from Ireland to Germany; also in Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

pupa

See Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

synonyms

Platyptilia isodactyla.

references

Buhr (1937a, 1965a), Dauphin & Aniotsbehere (1997a), Gielis (1996a), Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein ao (1985a), Hart (2011a), Hering (1957a), Houard (1909a), Huisman, Koster, Muus & van Nieukerken (2013a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Nel (1996a), van Nieukerken, Gielis, Huisman ao (1993a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Redfern & Shirley (2011a), Requena & Pérez De-Gregorio (2017a), Robbins (1991a), Roskam (2009a), Sutter (1991a), Szőcs (1977a).