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).