Syncopacma karvoneni (Hackman, 1950)
mine
Possibly similar to the mine of Aproaerema anthyllidella: small full depth mine with an appreciable amount of frass. Only the first stage lives as a miner; later stages live between two or more spun leaves, causing window feeding. Pupation in the soil.
host plants
Fabaceae, monophagous?
Lathyrus palustris.
The association with Lathyrus is not certain; it moreover is possible that the species lives on other, related, herbaceous Fabaceae.
phenology
Pupation between late August and mid-September.
distribution within Europe
boreo-alpine distribution: Fennoscandia, North Russia, Switzerland (Fauna Europaea, 2012).
larva
Body pale reddish with a conspicuous brown mottling, especially around the black pinacula. Head light brown, eye patch black. Prothoracic plate brown with black spots laterally; anal plate dark brown. Feet brown. Also the chaetotaxy is extensively described by Itämies & Kyrki (1983a).
synonyms
Aproaerema karvoneni.
references
Itämies & Kyrki (1983a), Kaitila (1996a).