Apatetris kinkerella (Snellen, 1876)
mine
Yellowish, upper-surface, in the end strongly inflated blotch. Univoltine; the larve hibernates in the mine and pupates there in spring.
host plants
Poaceae, monophagous
Ammophila arenaria.
phenology
Larvae from September till May (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Sweden to the Pyrenees and Alps, and from the Netherlands to the Ukraine; also Croatia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Thoracic feet reduced to stumps.
pupa
Illustrated by Patočka (1997a).
synonyms
Didactylota, Dactylotula kinkerella.
references
Gielis, Huisman, Kuchlein ao (1985a), Hering (1957a), Huisman & Koster (1994a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Patočka (1997a), Sinev & Shapoval (2015a), Sønderup (1949a), Wegner (2010a), Wegner, Kayser & van Loh (2007a).