Vulcaniella rosmarinella (Walsingham, 1891)
Lepidoptera, Cosmopterigide
mine
Upper-surface inflated blotch, its inner wall lined with silk. The larva moves a few times to a new leaf, that is penetrated from below. Out of the opening protrudes the frass that is ejected from the mine. Pupation within the mine.
hostplants
Lamiaceae, monophagous
Rosmarinus officinalis.
phenology
Larvae in May – June (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Around the Mediterranean, as far east as Crete (Koster & Sinev, 2003a; Fauna Europaea, 2009a).
synonyms
Stagmatophora rosmarinella.
references
Chrétien (1926a), Hering (1932e, 1936b, 1957a), Koster & Sinev (2003a), Riedl (1988a), Utech (1962a).
15/04/2012