Vulcaniella grabowiella (Staudinger, 1859)
Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigide
mine
Fleck mine, without frass. The larva lives free on the plant in a case of silk, densely covered with frass grains. The case reminds of a Coleophora, but is less regularly constructed. Also leaves may be spun together.
hostplants
Lamiaceae, oligophagous
Lavandula stoechas; Thymus algeriensis, numidicus, vulgaris.
phenology
Larvae in March – June (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Mediterranean, from the Iberian Peninsula to Asia Minor (Koster & Sinev, 2003a).
synonyms
Stagmatophora grabowiella.
references
Chrétien (1926a), Hering (1957a), Koster & Sinev (2003a), Szőcs (1977a).
16/08/2010