Stenoptilia gibeauxi Nel, 1989

on Saxifraga

larva (from Nel, 1989a).

parasite

The first two larval instars live as borers/miners in buds and young leaves. After that they live free on the leaves of the leaf rosette.

host plants

Saxifragaceae, narrowly monophagous

Saxifraga pedemontana subsp. cervicornis.

distribution within Europe

Corsica.

larva, pupa

See Nel (1996a).

synonyms

Gielis and (PESI, 2019) consider this species conspecific with Stenoptilia pelidnodactyla.

references

Bigot, Nel & Picard (2009a), Gielis (1996a), Nel (1989a, 1991e, 1996a).