Scrobipalpa samadensis (Pfaffenzeller, 1870)
buck’s-horn groundling
mine
Young larvae make a short, very narrow gallery in the young leaves. Later they bore in the rhizome.
host plants
Plantaginaceae, monophagous
Plantago coronopus, lanceolata, maritima.
phenology
Mining larvae in autumn; hibernation in the rhizome.
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania; also in Iceland and East Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Body yellowish white with several salmon length lines; head, prothoracic plate and thoracic legs blackish brown; anal plate light brown (Bland ao, 2002a).
pupa
See Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
synonyms
Gnorimoschema, Lita, plantaginella (Stainton, 1883).
notes
The way the mining by this species is discussed in Bland ao (1999a) suggests that this behaviour is only facultative.
references
Baldizzone (2004a, 2008a), Bland, Corley, Emmet ao (2002a), Elsner, Huemer & Tokár (1999a), Hering (1957a), Huemer & Karsholt (2010a), Huisman & Koster (1996a), Jansen (1999a), Kaitila (1996a), Kasy (1959a), Kozlov & Kullberg (2010a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Rickert (2010a, 2011a), Skala (1950a), Sønderup (1949a), Szőcs (1977a), Wegner (2010a), Wegner, Kayser & van Loh (2007a).