Spuleria flavicaput (Haworth, 1828)
yellow-headed cosmet
on hawthorn
parasite
During late summer the larva lives in a tunnel in the pith of a young thin shoot. The
± 3 cm long tunnel runs from the base of the shoot upwards. No frass is ejected, neither was frass found in the gallery. At the end of the gallery a narrow-oval exit opening is made. Just below the exit the gallery is closed by spinning. Pupation follows in late autumn, in the gallery.
host plants
Rosaceae, monophagous
Crataegus laevigata, monogyna.
distribution within Europe
pupa
See Patočka.
synonyms
Spuleria aurifrontella (Geyer, 1832).
references
Emmet & Langmaid (2002b), Klimesch (1960a), Koster & Sinev (2003a), Kuchlein, Gielis, Huisman ao (1988a), Patočka (1997a), De Prins & Steeman (2011a).