Eucosma tripoliana (Barrett, 1880)
saltmarsh bell
on Tripolium
parasite
Biology like that of Eucosma rubescana, and impossible to separate with the unarmed eye.
host plants
Asteraceae, monophagous
Tripolium pannonicum subsp. tripolium.
A relation with Aster amellus, as is suggested for instance in Lepiforum, is emphatically rejected by Gerstberger.
phenology
Univoltine; hibernation as full grown larva.
distribution within Europe
larva
Body yellowish brown;g head brown; prothoracic plate light brown, punctuated. See Hancock & Bland.
pupa
See Patočka & Turčáni.
synonyms
Semasia tripoliana.
references
Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1979a), Gerstberger (2003a), Hancock & Bland (2015b), Huisman & Koster (2000a), Lepiforum (2019), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Rickert (2010a, 2011a), Schütze (1931a), Tokár, Richter, Richter, ao (2010a), Wegner (2010a, 2015a).