Nothris lemniscellus (Zeller, 1839)
Globularia punctata, Belgium, prov. Namur, Dinant, Herbuchenne © Jean-Yves Baugnée
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.
hostplants
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), Klimesch (1950c, 1951b, 1958a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Szőcs (1977a).