Stephensia cedronellae (Walsingham, 1908)
Lepidoptera, Elachistidae


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