Ochrodia subdiminutella (Stainton, 1867)

Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae

mine

Short gallery, followed by a large, reticulate blotch, that may or may not contain frass. The larva can make several mines, and may spin leaves together. Pupation external.

hostplants

Zygophyllaceae, oligophagous

Tribulus terrestris; Tetraena album, fontanesii.

Outside Europe also Balanites aegytiaca and Zygophyllum guyotii (also Zygophyllacae).

phenology

Larvae in spring.

distribution within Europe

Canary Islands, and from Spain to the Greek mainland and Crete.

synonyms

Ephysteris subdiminutella.

Hering (1957a) mentions from Zygophyllum, on the Canary Islands: Tegostoma kabylalis Rebel, 1902. This moth is not known from the European fauna. Klimesch (1984a) assumes that it was a misidentification for O. subdiminutella.

references

Hering (1957a), Huemer & Karsholt (2010a), Klimesch (1984a).

13/02/2017