Pseudohermenias abietana (Fabricius, 1787)
mine
Leaves of the current year are mined out from a silken tube on the twig. Most frass is ejected into the tube. Older larvae live free.
host plants
Pinaceae, almost monophagous
Only very rarely on Abies!
phenology
Mines in spring (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Sardinia, and Italy, and from France to Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Brownish, with shining black head; prothoracic plate brown, membraneous-white anteriorly, broad black posteriorly; labrum dark (Patočka, 1960a).
pupa
Described by Patočka (1960a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Olethreutes, Pseudohermenias, hercyniana Bechstein & Scharfenburg, 1805; Argyroploce, Esia, clausthaliana (Saxesen, 1840).
references
Buhr (1935b), Disqué (1905a), Hering (1957a), Huisman, Kuchlein, van Nieukerken ao (1986a) , Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Patočka (1960a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Zoerner (1970a).