Batrachedra pinicolella (Zeller, 1839)
pine cosmet
mine
The larva lives in a silken tube, covered with fragments of bark and lichen on the bark of the older part of a branch. From this tube the larva mines the basal half of a number of leaves. The larva moults in the tube, and pupates in a side branch of it.
host plants
Pinaceae, oligophagous
Picea is the main host plant. The occurrence on Pinus needs confirmation.
phenology
Larvae from September till May.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Almost all Europe, except Ireland, the Mediterranean islands and the Balkan Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Mining larva yellow brown with black head and pronotum and exceptionally long setae (Patočka, 1960a).
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Eustaintonia pinicolella.
references
Buhr (1935b), Hering (1957a), Klimesch (1960a), Koster (2002a), Koster & Sinev (2003a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Modlinger & Liška (2016a), Patočka (1960a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Skala (1949a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a), Wegner (2010a), Wood (1887a), Wieser & Huemer (1999a).