Perittia piperatella (Staudinger, 1859)
Lepidoptera, Elachistidae
mine
Large, strongly puckered, tentiform mine at the leaf margin, usually in the leaf tip. No recognisable preceding corridor. Pupa in the mine, not in a coccoon.
hostplants
Cistaceae, monophagous
Cistus ladanifer.
phenology
Larvae from November till March (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Iberian Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
synonyms
Mendesia joannisiella (Mendes, 1909) [Kaila, (1999a)] .
references
Hering (1957a), Kaila (1999a); Parenti & Varalda (1994a).
11.ii.2009