Cosmopterix zieglerella (Hübner, 1810)

hedge cosmet

Humulus lupulus, Belgium, Liège © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Humulus lupulus, Susteren

Humulus lupulus, Belgium, prov Namur, Huy, Vallon de la Solière © Stéphane Claerebout

Cosmopterix zieglerella: full grown larva on Humulus lupulus

Humulus lupulus, Bergen op Zoom: larva just before pupation

mine

Broad full depth corridor overlying the main veins, with broad lobelike, transparent, extensions into the blade. The corridor itself is quite opaque, white, later brown. The corridors, but not the extensions, are covered with silk at their inside. Almost all frass is ejected from the mine; grains may be seen trapped in silk below the mine. The larve rests lengthwise upon a vein, and is very inconspicuous then. Pupation outside the mine.

host plants

Cannabaceae, monophagous

Humulus lupulus.

phenology

Larvae in July – September (Koster, 2002c).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

Entire Europe, except Ireland and the Balkan (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

pupa

Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

synonyms

Cosmopterix eximia (Haworth, 1828).

notes

In the warm summer of 2003 the species was remarkably numerous both in Britain and in the Netherlands (van As & Ellis, 2004a; Edmunds, 2004a).

references

van As & Ellis (2004a), Beiger (1958a, 1970a, 1979a), Buhr (1935b, 1964a), Corley, Rosete, Gonçalves ao (2018a), Drăghia (1968a), Edmunds (2004a), Emmet & Langmaid (2002b), van Frankenhuyzen & Houtman (1972a), van Frankenhuyzen Houtman & Kabos (1982a), Grandi (1931a, 1933a), Hering (1924b, 1957a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Huisman, Kuchlein, van Nieukerken ao (1986a), Kasy (1965a), Klimesch (1950c, 1960a), Klimesch & Skala (1936a), Koster (2002c), Koster & Sinev (2003a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein, Gielis, Huisman, ao (1988a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Larysz (2010a), Maček (1999a), Nowakowski (1954a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (2007a, 2010a), Schütze (1931a), Skala (1949a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Wieser (2018a), Zoerner (1969a).