Scrobipalpa brahmiella (von Heyden, 1862)
mine
More or less rounded blotch, a bit inflated, in the tip of the leaf or leaf segment; upper face wrinkled. Frass in the leaf apex; here also the larva hibernates. Pupation outside the mine.
host plants
Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous
Jurinea cyanoides, humilis, mollis; Serratula.
phenology
Larvae from October till April, and in July – August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to the Pyrenees, and from France to Romania and the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Reddish brown (Hering, 1957a).
synonyms
Gnorimoschema brahmiella.
references
Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1957a), Huemer & Karsholt (2010a), Jansen (1999a), Sattler (1986a), Skala (1950a), Szőcs (1977a).