Nothris lemniscellus (Zeller, 1839)
on Globularia

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.
host plants
Plantaginaceae, monophagous
Globularia cordifolia, bisnagarica (= punctata).
According to Elsner ao and Requenz the species also lives on Anthyllis vulneraria. Vávra mentions Veronica spicata as the host plant.
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).
synonyms
Nothris lemniscellareferences
Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1957a), Karsholt & Šumpich (2015a), Klimesch (1950c, 1951b, 1958a), Huemer & Mayr (2000a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Requena (2009a), Szőcs (1977a), Vávra (2016a).