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).