Perittia obscurepunctella (Stainton, 1848)
honeysuckle dwarf
Lonicera periclymenum, Belgium, prov. Namur, Nismes, RN les Abannets, 27.vi.2019 © Stéphane Claerebout
same mine, underside, with some ejected frass
same mine, lighted from behind
Lonicera periclymenum, Einde-Gooi. 13.vi.2002
mine
Brownish, full depth, inflated blotch, usually at the leaf margin, often with a central brown spot. Oviposition at the leaf underside (Bland, 1996a). Often 2-3 larvae in a mine. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Caprifoliaceae, almost monophagous
Lonicera periclymenum, tatarica, xylosteum; Symphoricarpos albus.
Occurence on Symphoricarpos only quite rarely.
phenology
Larvae from June to early August (personal observations in the Netherlands in June only).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden and Finland to the Pyrenees ad Slovakia, and from Ireland to the Baltic States and Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka (1997a, 1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Perittia oleae: auct. nec (Haworth, 1828).
parasitoids, predators
references
Baran, Mazurkiewicz & Palka (2007a), Bland (1996a), Buszko (1990a), Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein ao (1985a), Hering (1923a, 1926b, 1957a), Huisman & Koster (1994a), Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2004a), Klimesch (1942a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Meijer, Smit, Beukeboom & Schilthuizen (2012a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Patočka (1997a, 1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), De Prins & Steeman (2014a), Robbins (1991a), Skala (1949a), Sønderup (1949a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a), Szőcs (1977a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wörz (1957a).