Antigastra catalaunalis (Duponchel, 1833)
spanish dot
mine
Full depth irregular gallery or blotch; several mines are made by a larva. Frass granular; much of it is ejected. Mines may be connected by spinning, in which frass grains are trapped. Older larvae life free among the spun upper leaves.
host plants
Pedaliaceae, Plantaginaceae; weakly polyphagous
Anarrhinum; Antirrhinum; Kickxia elatine; Linaria; Sesamum indicum.
A pest in sesame cultivation.
phenology
Larvae between June and August.
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
NE recorded (Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recoded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Tropics and southern Europe; in northern parts of Europe a rare migrant.
larva
Green, with black pinacula; head dark brown.
references
Hering (1957a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2009a), Murria Beltrán (2008a), De Prins & Veraghtert (2006a), Ylla, Macià & Huertas Dionisio (2008a).