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

Abies alba; Picea abies.

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).