Scrobipalpa chrysanthemella (E Hofmann, 1867)
Lepidoptera, Gelechiidae
mine
Mine usually in the tip of a basal leaf, occupying the full width, with short galleries extending to halfway down. The mine is puckered en contracted in folds. The larva makes several mines, the later ones more in the centre of the leaf. The first mines contains much frass, the later ones little or nothing. Fresh mines are light brown. Pupation either external or internal.
hostplants
Asteraceae, narrowly oligophagous
Leucanthemum atratum, vulgare; Tanacetum corymbosum.
Cited by Szőcs (1977a) als from Chrysanthemum, but without a specific name the chaotic nomenclature around the genera Argyranthemum, Chrysanthemum, Leucanthemum, Tanacetum precludes an intepretation. Citations of Artemisia absinthium probably refer to Scrobipalpa proclivella (Huemer & Karsholt, 2010a).
phenology
Larvae in October – November (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to Italy, Serbia, and Romania; also Central, East, and South Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Body yellowish with pink tones; pinacula small, black, ringed with yellow. Head brownish yellow, prothoracic shield divided, black (Hofmann, 1867a).
pupa
Described by Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Gnorimoschema chrysanthemellum, Lita chrysanthemella; Lita opificella Mann, 1877.
notes
Mines in the ground leaves of plants in damp, shadowed situations in late autumn (Hofmann, 1867).
references
Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), E Hofmann (1867a), Hering (1957a), Huemer & Karsholt (2010a), Klimesch (1958a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Sattler (1986a), Skala (1950a), Szőcs (1977a).
25/04/2011