from Toll (1962a)

case

Spathulate leaf case, up to 15 mm long, yellowish white to ochreous brown. Mouth angle c. 45°. The species makes unusually large fleck mines.

host plants

Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous

Centaurea aspera, jacea, scabiosa; Serratula tinctoria.

phenology

Larvae are full grown in June (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

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

distribution within Europe

From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Alps, and Carpathians, and from Germany to Romania and Macedonia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

references

Baldizzone & Hartig (1978a), Baldizzone, Tokár, Z S Kovács (2004a), Buhr (1935a, 1937a), Chrétien (1926a), Haslberger, Grünewald, Lichtmannecker, ao (2012a), Hering (1921b, 1957a), Ivinskis & Savenkov (1991a), Kasy (1965a, 1983a, 1985a), Laštůvka, Laštůvka, Liška ao (1992a), Patzak (1974a), Razowski (1990a), Segerer & Grünewald (2013a), Szőcs (1977a), Toll (1962a).