Cosmopterix coryphaea Walsingham, 1908
mine
Gallery, widening upwards into an elongate blotch. Most frass is piled in the older, lower section of the mine; part of it is ejected. Pupation internal.
host plants
Poaceae, monophagous
Phragmites australis.
phenology
Probably two generations per year.
distribution within Europe
Canary Islands, Mediterranean region from Spain to Cyprus (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
synonyms
Cosmopterix donatellae Mariani, 1932; C. formosa Amsel, 1935.
references
Baldizzone & scalercio (2018a), Hering (1957a), Klimesch (1983a), Koster & Sammut (2006a), Koster & Sinev (2003a).