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).