Syncopacma vinella (Bankes, 1898)
brighton sober
mine
The larva spins a number of leaflets together. Within this protection it bites a hole in the epidermis of the basal part of a leaflet, then mines it out almost completely.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligofaag
Genista tinctoria; Medicago falcata, sativa; Trifolium pratense
Also Securigera varia is mentioned, very probably in error. Dyer’s greenwood probably is the main hostplant.
phenology
Larvae have been found in April – June and October – November (Bland, Heckford & Langmaid, 2002a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Wullaert (2015a).
NE Last record in 1939 (Noctua, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Denmark to Hungary, and from Britain (there probably extinct) to Slovakia (Bland, Heckford & Langmaid, 2002a).
larva
Described by Bankes (1899a) and Bland, Heckford & Langmaid (2002a); Beavan & Heckford (2014a) present a picture. Body varying from dull white to almost black. Head brown, prothoracic plate from brownish to black; pinacula, anal plate and feet shining black. The chaetotaxy is described by Baran (2002a).
pupa
Cremaster pointed, with a good many of pale yellowish hooked bristles (Bankes, 1899a; Patočka & Turčáni, 2005a).
synonyms
Aproaerema vinellum; Anacampis, Aproaerema, Iwaruna biformella (Schütze, 1902); Anacampsis cincticulella auct. nec Bruand, 1850.
references
Bankes (1899a), Baran (2002a), Beavan & Heckford (2014a), Biesenbaum (1996a), Bland, Corley, Emmet ao (2002a), Elsner, Huener & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1957a), Parsons (1995a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Steeman & Sierens (2018a), Wieser & Huemer (1999a), Wullaert (2015a).