Stomopteryx detersella (Zeller, 1847)

mine

Larva at first mining the outer layers of the stem, later becoming a stem borer

host plants

Apiaceae, monophagous

Eryngium campestre.

phenology

Larvae from April to May (Hering, 1957a).

BENELUX

Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

distribution within Europe

From Poland and South Russia to the Mediterranean, including Sicily and Crete (Fauna Europaea, 2011).

references

Bella & Karsholt (2015a), Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1957a), Requena (2009a), Szőcs (1977a).