Plant Parasites of Europe

leafminers, galls and fungi

Dichomeris limbipunctellus

Dichomeris limbipunctellus (Staudinger, 1859)

on Cistus

parasite

Larvae in the spun young leaves.

host plants

Cistaceae, monophagous

Cistus albidus, crispus, halimifolius, monspeliensis, salviifolius.

distribution within Europe

(PESI, 2019).

egg, larva, pupa

see Huertas Dionisio (2006a).

synonyms

Dichomeris limbipunctella.

references

Corley, Merckx, Cardoso ao (2012a), Huertas Dionisio (2006a, 2007a), Lepiforum (2019), Nunes (2021a), Requena (2009a [“limbopunctella”]).

Last modified 3.iv.2023