Pragmatodes melagonella (Constant, 1895)

Rubia peregrina, Spain, Asturias, Gijón, Rio Ñora: vacated mine © Jean-Yves Baugnée

Rubia tenuifolia, Cyprus © Ian Barton
mine
Large, very transparent blotch without a preceding corridor; inside not lined with silk. Much frass, dispersed, in black grains. Mines only in the older leaves.
host plants
Rubiaceae, monophagous
Rubia peregrina, tenuifolia.
phenology
Larvae in March and July (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
According to the Fauna Europaea 92009) a west-mediterranean species (France, Iberian Peninsula, Italy) but also Cyprus.
synonyms
Monochroa, Stomopteryx, melagonella.
references
Baldizzone & Scalercio (2018a), Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1957a), Huemer & Karsholt (2020a), Kasy (1979a), Requena (2009a).