detail

mine, lighted from behind

Globularia punctata, Belgium, prov. Namur, Sosoye © Jean-Yves Baugnée

mine

Corridor, forming a loose spiral. The sides are irregularly scalloped; the mine is full depth. Frass in a broad central line; part of it is ejected through an opening at the beginning of the corridor. The final part of the mine is a blotch, generally adjacent to the leaf margin. Later the larva lives free among spun leaves.

host plants

Plantaginaceae, monophagous

Globularia cordifolia, bisnagarica (= punctata).

According to Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a) the species also lives on Anthyllis vulneraria.

phenology

Larvae in May Hering (1957a); however, Jean-Yves Baugnée found in Belgium young larvae in mid-November.

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).

NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

distribution within Europe

From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Albania, and from France to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).

larva

pupa

Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

references

Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1957a), Karsholt & Šumpich (2015a), Klimesch (1950c, 1951b, 1958a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Szőcs (1977a).