Syncopacma albipalpella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)
slate sober
mine
The larva lives among spun leaves, mining them from this position by gnawing irregular, more or less oval holes in the epidermis and eating from there the leaf tissue. Obviously, the mines contain little or no frass.
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous
Genista anglica, tinctoria.
phenology
Larvae from September to June (Bland ao, 2002a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to Spain and Italy, and from Britain to Austria (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Body dull crimson, but thorax 2 to abdomen 2 light ochreous-yellow; pinacula minuta, black. Head and prothoracic plate light yellowish-brown, latter with some black markings. Thoracic feet and anal plate black.
references
Biesenbaum (1996a), Bland, Corley, Emmet ao (2002a), Corley, Rosete, Gonçalves ao (2018a), Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Parsons (1995a).