Argyroploce arbutella (Linnaeus, 1758)

mine

Full depth irregular blotch, with little, dispersed frass. The larvae soon vacate their mine to live free among spun leaves.

host plants

Ericacease, oligophagous

Arctostaphylos uva-ursi; Vaccinium vitis-idaea.

phenology

Larvae in April – May (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

p>BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

NE recorded (Romeijn, 1994a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Sardinia, Italy, and Bulgaria, and from Ireland to Poland and Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Yellow-brown; head; prothoracic and anal plate, and thoracic feet brown-black. Prolegs with 20-30 hooks in a double row (Swatschek, 1958a).

synonyms

Olethreutes arbutella.

references

Adamczewski (1947a), Baixeras (2002a), Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1979a), Disqué (1905a), Hering (1921b, 1957a), Huisman & Koster (1995a, 1996a, 1997a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ellis (2007a), Klimesch (1950c, 1956c), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Romeijn (1994a), Sønderup (1949a), Swatschek (1958a), Thomann (1956a), Varenne, Tautel & Nel (2005a), Wegner (2015a).