Vulcaniella fiordalisa (Petry, 1904)

mine

Blotch, inside of the mine covered with silk. Pupation within the mine, without a recognisable cocoon.

host plants

Asteraceae, oligophagous

Helichrysum italicum & susbp. serotinum, stoechas; Phagnalon.

phenology

Larvae in Aril-June (Hering, 1957a).

distribution within Europe

From Portugal and Morocco eastwards to the Balkan Peninsula and the Lebanon (Koster & Sinev, 2003a).

synonyms

Stagmatophora fiordalisa, Stagmatophora gnaphaliella Chrétien, 1922.

references

Klimesch (1942a), Hering (1957a), Koster & Sinev (2003a).