Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Clepsis unicolorana

Clepsis unicolorana (Duponchel, 1835)

mine

Full depth mine. The mined leaves are bound together by spinning. Pupation within the mine.

host plants

Asphodelaceae, monophagous

Asphodelus aestivus, albus, ramosus.

phenology

Larvae in March.

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

Body dull greyish brown; head, prothoracic and anal plates an pinacula brown (Swatschek).

references

Hering (1957a), Huertas Dionisio (2007a), Lepiforum (2019), Swatschek (1958a).

Last modified 5.xii.2019