Agonopterix subpropinquella (Stainton, 1849)
ruddy flat-body
mine
Short full depth corridor. The larva soon leaves the mine and continues feeding from a spinning at the leaf underside, from where window feeding occurs.
host plants
Asteraceae, oligophagous
Arctium lappa; Carduus bourgaei, crispus, tenuiflorus; Centaurea cyanus, exarata, jacea, nigra, pullata, scabiosa, sphaerocephala; Cirsium acaulon, arvense, creticum, vulgare; Cyanara segetum; Cynara cardunculus; Galactites tomentosus; Klasea integrifolia; Onopordum acanthium.
The reference by Corley ao (2020) to Rhaponticum coniferum (Apiaceae) must be a mistake.
phenology
Larvae in June – July (Harper, Langmaid & Emmet, 2002a); hibernation as imago.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Almost entire Europe (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Larva with black head and prothoracic plate (the latter sometimes with a median white line). Body, anal shield and thoracic feet dull green with faint darker length lines. Pinacula black. See Pictures on Rymarczyk, Dutheil & Nel; see also Fetz.
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Agonopterix rhodochrella Herrich-Schäffer, 1854.
notes
Between the mining phase and the free life there is a period during which the larva eats away the lower parts of the leaf, but spare the hair cover. These “pseudo mines” have a “floor” of easily removable plant hairs (Hering, 1967a).
references
Buhr (1935a), Corley (2005a), Corley, Merckx, Marabuto ao (2013a), Corley, Nunes, Rosete, ao (2020a), Corley, Rosete, Gonçalves ao (2016a, 2018a), Corley, Rosete, Marabuto ao (2014a), Fetz (1994a), Hannemann (1995a), Harper, Langmaid & Emmet (2002a), Hellers (1998a), Hering (1957a, 1967a), Huertas Dionisio (2002a, 2007a), Huisman (2012a), Klimesch (1942a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a, Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Lvovsky, Sinev, Kravchenko & Müller (2016a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Rymarczyk, Dutheil & Nel (2013a), Skala (1950a), Szőcs (1977a).