Capparis spinosa, Greece, Peloponnisos, Olympia © Paul van Wielink

Capparis spinosa, Spain, Almeria, Enix; © Ginny Clarke

mine

Full depth, very irregular, initially corridor-like, later more blotch-like mines. The larva makes several mines. The black-green, coarse frass grains are ejected for a large part. Pupation outside the mine.

host plants

Capparidaceae, monophagous

Capparis spinosa.

phenology

Mining larvae from September till March. Larvae of the summer generation feed in shoots, buds and fruits (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Spain, Balearic Islands, Sardinia, Italy, Dalmatia, Greece (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

synonyms

Laspeyresia capparidana; ? Laspeyresia malcolmiae: Swatschek

references

Buhr (1930a), Clarke (2011a), Hering (1957a, 1967a), Swatschek (1958a).