Bystropogon plumosus & Cedronella canariensis; from Hering (1927a)

mine

Narrow gallery, often following the leaf margin for some distance, ending in a large full depth blotch. Some silk is layed in the blotch, causing it to pucker slightly. In the corridor the frass is in a central line, in the blotch as scattered grains. In large leaves the larva may change mine.

hostplants

Lamiaceae, oligophagous

Bystropogon origanifolius, plumosus; Cedronella canariensis; Clinopodium; Lavandula canariensis, stoechas; Mentha; Micromeria.

phenology

Larvae from January till March (Hering, 1957a).

distribution within Europe

Canary Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

synonyms

Perittia cedronellae; P. bystropogonis Walsingham, 1908; P. lavandulae Walsingham, 1908.

references

Hering (1927a, 2957a); Klimesch (1990a), Nielsen & Traugott-Olsen (1978a), Parenti & Pizzolato (2014a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a).

15/02/2017