Elachista rudectella Stainton, 1851
Lepidoptera, Elachistidae
mine
Large, opaque, mine in the distal half of the leaf. The mine occupies the entire width of the leaf, and runs up to the tip. The upper epidermis is strongly inflated. Several leaves are mined by the larva. Pupation external.
hostplants
Poaceae, narrowly monophagous
Phleum phleoides.
phenology
Larvae in April (Hoffmann, 1893a).
BENELUX
not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to Italy, Greece, and Romania; moreover East-Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Dark grey with brownish head and a black thoracic plate, divided by a fine line; its posterior margin “projects at either side almost in a right angle”. Anal plate small, roundish, dark brown.
notes
On dry, rocky slopes; the considerable mines prerefably in languishing plants at the foot of the rock face.
references
Biesenbaum (1995b), Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov (2016a), Hering (1957a), Hoffmann (1893a), Kaila, Nupponen, Junnilainen, Nupponen, Kaitila & Olschwang (2003a), Klimesch (1942a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Schütze (1931a), Szőcs (1977a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wörz (1957a).
14/01/2017