Acleris schalleriana (Linnaeus, 1761)

viburnum button

on Viburnum

Viburnum lantana, GD Luxemburg, Ahn, Palmberg

underside; the contracted leaf forms a cavity that is covered by such a dense spinning that it gives the impression of a tentiform mine.

mine

Very short, full-depth corridor, without frass, along the midrib. The corridor continues in a tube of silk, covered with frass; the larva then causes window feeding. Eventually the larve cuts a thick vein, which causes the leaf to form a funnel, in which the larva lives.

host plants

Adoxaceae, monophagous

Viburnum lantana, opulus. tinus.

To his astonishment Klimesch bred this species from larvae that lived among spun flowers of Spartium junceum.

phenology

Bivoltine; hibernation as imago.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

All Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

Head brownish yellow; prothoracic plate similar or shining green, marked with blackish brown postero-laterally; abdomen pale green; pinacula concolorous with integument; anal plate green, marked with brown; anal comb yellowish; thoracic legs light greenish brown (Bradley ao, Swatschek).

pupa

See Patočka & Turčáni.

synonyms

Acalla, Acleris logiana auct.; Peronea logiana germarana (Frolich, 1828)

references

Bradley, Tremewan & Smith (1973a), Corley, Nunes, Rosete & Ferreira (2019a), Deutsch (2012a), Diakonoff & Dorst (1982a), Disqué (1905a), Hancock & Bland (2015a), Hering (1957a, 1961a), Klimesch (1942a), Klimesch & Skala (1936a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a), Pröse (1993a), Robbins (1991), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Šumpich, Žemlička & Dvořák (2013a), Swatschek (1958a), Szőcs (1977a).