Mirificarma cytisella (Treitschke, 1833)
parasite
Larva among some spun leaflets. Facultative miner: sometimes the larva spins two leaves upon each other and mines them partially out from that cover. The result is fundamentally a fleck mine: a mine with an opening, by way of which the leaf has been mined out, and that contains no frass.
host plants
Fabaceae, oligophagous
Calicotome spinosa; Genista; ? Laburnum anagyroides; Lembotropis nigricans; Ononis spinosa.
phenology
Univoltine; hibernation as pupa.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From France, Germany, Poland, and Central Russia to the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva, pupa
Pictures on Lepiforum; see also Patočka & Turčáni.
synonyms
Gelechia cytisella.
references
Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1961a), Klimesch (1950c), Lepiforum (2020), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Pitkin (1984a), Requena (2009a), Scalercio, Luzzi & Laudati (2015a), Schütze (1931a).